- Mar 3 (Edward) Sydney Smith, British pianist and composer, dies at 49
John Ericsson (1803-1889)
Mar 8 Swedish-American inventor (screw propeller, rotating turret), dies at 85
- Mar 10 Yohannes IV [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
- Mar 12 John Archibald Campbell, American jurist and Supreme Court justice (1853–61), dies at 77
- Mar 15 Melville Reuben Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, dies of pneumonia at 45
- Mar 17 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch poet (Dietsche Warande), dies at 68
- Mar 18 William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
- Mar 21 August von Pettenkofen, Austrian outdoor painter, dies at 66
- Mar 27 John Bright, English reform politician and anti0war advocate, dies at 77
- Mar 27 Moritz Fürstenau, German composer, dies at 64
- Mar 28 Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler
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