- Mar 10 Christian Friedrich Schale, German organist, harpsichordist, and composer, born in Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1800)
- Mar 10 Raphael Weiss, German composer and priest, born in Wangen (d. 1779)
- Mar 25 Jean-Baptiste Canavas [Canavasso], Italian composer and cellist, born in Turin, Duchy of Savor (d. 1784)