Here’s something else for you: a chain of births where one element of chain is born the same month (or even the same day) that the previous one died. Just a play with dates really, but also a whirlwind through the ages. Some of the people in this chain are very well-known, some less so. But they are nevertheless all parts of this chain in their own right.
1879-0314 Albert Einstein* theoretical physicist/N – Ulm, Würtemberg, German Empire (18.4.1955/76)
That day, on April 18th, a baby boy was born in Los Angeles, California:
1955-0418 Bobby Castillo* baseball player – Los Angeles, CA USA (30.6.2014/59)-a
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1831-0920 Kate Harrington* teacher/writer/poet – Allegheny City, PA USA (29.5.1917/85)
1917-0529 John F. Kennedy* politician/35usp – Brookline, MA USA (22.11.1963/46)
1963-1122 Winsor Harmon* actor – Crowley, LA USA
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1500-0224 Charles V* Holy Roman Emperor – Ghent, Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands (1558-0921/age 58)
12 days prior
1558-0909 Philippe Emmanuel was born in Nomeny, Kingdom of France. Duke of Mercœur, soldier and a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He died on February 19th 1602, at the age of 43 in Nuremberg.
That same day
1602-0202 Jeanne des Anges was born in Cozes, Kingdom of France. She was an Ursuline nun and a central figure in the witch trial of the priest Urbain Grandier. She died on January 29th, 1665, at the age of 62 in Loudon, Kingdom of France - same place where the witch trials had taken place.
18 days prior
1665-0111 Hermann Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Hechingen was born in Hechingen, Baden-Württemberg. He was a German nobleman, and field marshall. He died in Freiburg im Breisgau, also in Baden-Württemberg. January 23rd, 1733, age 68.
1 day prior in England
1733-0122 Philip Carteret was born in Trinity Manor on the isle of Jersey. He was a naval officer and explorer. He died in Southampton, England on July 21st, 1796, age 63.
5 days prior in France
1796-0716 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was born in Paris, at that time French First Republic. Corot was a landscape and portrait painter, and also printmaker. He died in Paris in February 22nd 1875, at age 78.
A day before, also in France
1875-0221 Jeanne Calment, the oldest confirmed supercentenarian, is born in Arles, at that time French Third Republic. She died in her birth town on August 4th,1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days - the only person verified to have lived to the age of 120 and beyond.
That same day
1997-0804 Bence Halász was born in Kiskunhalas, Hungary. An athlete specializing in hammer throw, winning World Bronze in 2019 in Doha.
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1500-0312 Reginald Pole* the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury – Stourton Castle, Staffordshire, Kingdom of England (1558-1117/age 58)
1558-1106 Thomas Kyd (B) playwright/author (The Spanish Tragedy) – London, England (1594/35)Buried 15.8.——— Use this????
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1500-0423 Alexander Ales* theologian – Edinburgh, Scotland (1565/64)
1500-0423 Johann Stumpf* Swiss writer – Bruchsal, near Karlsruhe (1576/c.76)
1500-0720 Lorenzo Cybo* general in the Papal Army – Sampierdarena, Genoa(1549/48)
1500-0907 Sebastian Newdigate* Carthusian monk/martyr – Harefield, Middlesex, England (1535/34)
1500-1103 Benvenuto Cellini* goldsmith/ sculptor/musician etc – Florence, Republic of Florence (1571/70)
1500-1206 Nicolaus Mameranus* Luxembourg soldier/historian – Mamer, Duchy of Luzemburg, Holy Roman Empire (1567/66)
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1869-0624 Prince George of Greece and Denmark* son of George I of Greece/cousin of Nicholas II - Mon Repos, Corfu, Kingdom of Greece (1957-1125/age 88)
1957-1129 Tarja Kivi