When Edward Benjamin Britten was born on 22 November 1913, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, his father, Robert Victor Britten, was 36 and his mother, Edith Rhoda Hockey, was 40. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1949. He died on 4 December 1976, in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, at the age of 63, and was buried in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
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World War I began, Sweden neutral.
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The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Brittain .
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