- Mar 5 Hans Balatka, Moravian-American conductor (Milwaukee Musikverein; Chicago Oratorio Society), author (Condensed History of Music), and composer, born in Hoffnungsthal bei Olmütz, Moravia (d. 1899)
- Mar 5 John Dunovant, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1864)
- Mar 5 Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype), born in Munich (d. 1886)
- Mar 7 Francesco Faà di Bruno, Italian mathematician, and later Catholic priest and advocate for the poor, born in Alessandria, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1888)
- Mar 9 Alexander F. Mozhaiski, Russian aviation pioneer, born in Rochensalm, Russian Empire (d. 1890)
- Mar 20 William Beall, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army, relief efforts for prisoners), born in Bardstown, Kentucky (d. 1883)
- Mar 23 Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1898)
- Mar 30 Samuel Bell Maxey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1895)
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