- Mar 1 Archibald Scott Couper, Scottish chemist (advances in chemical theory including bonding of carbon atoms), dies of diabetes at 60
- Mar 10 Otto von Rees, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1884-88), dies at 69
- Mar 16 Samuel F. Miller, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 64
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Mar 26 American poet (Leaves of Grass) and volunteer nurse during the Civil War, dies of pneumonia at 72
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