- Mar 2 Carl Eberwein, German composer and violinist, dies at 81
- Mar 4 Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer of the Chisholm Trail (b. 1805)
- Mar 12 Ernest Doudart de Lagrée, French naval officer and entomologist (led the Mekong River expedition 1866-68), dies during the Mekong Expedition at 44
- Mar 28 James Brudenell, British 7th Earl of Cardigan (led the Charge of the Light Brigade during Crimean War), dies at about 70
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