- Mar 4 Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
- Mar 11 Anthony Philip Heinrich, America's 1st "full-time" composer, born in Schönbüchel, Bohemia (d. 1861)
- Mar 12 Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1826)
- Mar 13 Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect, city planner and painter (Altes Museum, Neue Wache), born in Neuruppin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (d. 1841)
- Mar 17 Dominique Jacques de Eerens, Dutch general and politician (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1836-40), born in Alkmaar, Dutch Republic (d. 1840)
- Mar 17 Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)
- Mar 18 Gustave Vogt, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1870)
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