- Mar 7 Sebastiaan Cornelius Nederburgh, Dutch statesman, director-general East Indies Company, responsible for Nederburgh's Charter), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1811)
- Mar 24 Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portuguese opera composer (Portogallo)
- Mar 25 Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, Italian composer and pupil of Mozart, born in Ljubljana (d. 1846)