- Mar 3 Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
- Mar 7 Paul Ernst, German writer, born in Elbingerode, Kingdom of Hanover (d. 1933)
- Mar 10 Amanda Aldridge, British opera singer, pianist, teacher, and composer of parlour songs and light orchestral pieces music, born in Upper Norwood, London, England (d. 1956)
- Mar 14 Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1942)
- Mar 15 Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor (d. 1910)
- Mar 15 Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)
- Mar 17 Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
- Mar 18 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, Romanian composer known for sacred choral works, and ethnomusicologist, born in Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities (d. 1928)
- Mar 18 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1955)
- Mar 20 Robert Poore, Irish cricket batsman (3 Tests for South Africa; Hampshire), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1938)
- Mar 21 Antonia Maury, American astronomer (created own stellar classification, one of the Harvard 'Observatory human computers), born in Cold Spring, New York (d. 1952)
- Mar 24 Jack McAuliffe, Irish-American boxer and undefeated World Lightweight champion (1886-93), born in Cork, Ireland, United Kingdom (d. 1937)
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