- Mar 7 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73
- Mar 9 Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French ballonist (1st balloon flights in England and U.S.), dies at 55
- Mar 23 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
- Mar 26 Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68
- Mar 27 Joseph-Marie Vien, French court painter, dies at 92