- Mar 1 Joachim Heer, Swiss politician, dies at 54
- Mar 2 John Eberhard Faber, German-American pencil manufacturer and built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, dies at 56
- Mar 13 Adolf Anderssen, German World Chess Champion (1851-66), dies at 60
- Mar 30 David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
- Mar 30 Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63
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