- Mar 2 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer
- Mar 10 Philipp Christoph Kayser, German composer and pianist, born in Frankfurt (d. 1823)
- Mar 12 Georges Couthon, French politician
- Mar 14 Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
- Mar 24 Rufus King, American politician and framer of US constitution, born in Scarborough, Massachusetts (d. 1827)