- Mar 13 Heinrich Domnich, German horn player and composer, born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1844)
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Mar 15 American general and 7th US President (Democratic: 1829-37), born in Waxhaws in the border area between North and South Carolina
- Mar 19 Leonhard von Call, Austrian guitarist, mandolin virtuoso, and composer, born in Eppan an der Weinstraße, South Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire (now Italy) (d. 1815)
- Mar 22 Cornelis T. Elout, Dutch minister of Finance (d. 1841)
- Mar 25 Joachim Murat, French military leader and statesman (Marshal of France; King of Naples, 1808-15), born in La Bastide-Fortunière, France (d. 1815)