- Mar 2 Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
- Mar 5 William F. Sudds, American composer, music publisher, and teacher, born in London, England (d. 1920) [1]
- Mar 6 Artur Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, composer, and music publisher, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1925)
- Mar 8 Vilhelm Svedbom, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1904)
- Mar 18 Jules Vandenpeereboom, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 1899), born in Kortrijk, Belgium (d. 1917)