- Mar 1 Christopher Gore, American lawyer & politician (8th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 68
Alessandro Volta
Mar 5 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st battery, dies at 82
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mar 26 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), dies of liver disease at 56
- Mar 27 François Alexandre Frédéric, French social reformer (b. 1747)