- Mar 4 Nikolai Gogol [Nikolay], Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General), dies at 43
- Mar 12 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
- Mar 22 Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of Denmark and Norway, dies at 84
- Mar 25 Alexis Garaude, French composer, dies at 73