, b: -

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}

^{1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor}
^{1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed}
^{1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat}
^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}


	^{b. d.}

^{Edward Smith Waller Sturgess}^{b.1881 Brighton, Sussex d.}			^{Thomas Sturgess}^{b.1804 Porchester, Hampshire d.}

		^{Edward S. Sturgess}^{b.1827 Brighton, Sussex d.1881 Brighton, Sussex}	^Harriet \\^{b.1801 Portsea, Hampshire d.}

	^{Agnes Louisa Sturgess}^{b.1852 Brighton, Sussex d.}

		^{Charlotte \\}^{b.1823 Ninfield, Sussex d.}