He was born in 666, three years before the death of his father.

"And give thanks to God you were born before the war."

He was born only nine days before his father's death.

I didn't know it until now, he was born 100 years to the day before me.

He is therefore likely to have been born some years before 1248.

Very well, the baby was born two days before the close of June.

He was born in York before 1190 and died after 1253.

He was born before 1685 and died on 14 January 1729.

"I was just born before a lot of other people."

He was born a year before Guy's death, in 1193.