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Events on Saturday 9 August 1902 1
1902Coronation of King Edward VIIBritish monarch crowned after appendicitis delayEdward VII was crowned King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey on August 9, after the ceremony was postponed from June when he required emergency surgery for appendicitis. The coronation marked the formal start of the Edwardian era following the death of Queen Victoria.