Events in Music
- Mar 7 Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" premieres in Venice
Music Premiere
Mar 24 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in St. Petersburg

Ludwig van Beethoven
Birthdays in Music
- Mar 2 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau)