- Mar 8 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German composer, born in Sulza, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1846)
- Mar 8 Hannah Hoes, future wife of U.S. President Martin Van Buren (1837-41), born in Kinderhook, New York (d. 1819)
- Mar 26 Johann Baptist Weigl, German composer and clergyman, born in Hahnbach, Bavaria (d. 1852)