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Full Name: Thomas Augustine Arne
Profession: Composer
Nationality: ![England](https://www.onthisday.com/images/flags/england.svg)
English
Biography: One of Great Britain's greatest theatrical composers of the 18th-century.
Arne is best remembered for his patriotic song "Rule, Britannia" and the popular folk song and nursery rhyme "A-Hunting We Will Go".
Born: March 12, 1710
Birthplace: Covent Garden, London, England, Great Britain
Star Sign: Pisces
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- 1762-02-02 Thomas Arne's opera "Artaxerxes" premieres at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, England