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868 Aghlabid dynasty of Tunisia
takes Malta.
870 Malta is conquered by Arabs from Sicily
.
1283 At the naval Battle of Malta at Valletta, an Angevin
fleet sent to help put down a rebellion on Malta is defeated by the fleet of Roger of Lauria
.
1522 Suleiman the Magnificent
accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually re-settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
1530 Knights of Malta are formed when the Knights Hospitaller
are given Malta by Pope Clement VIII
.
1564 Ottoman Turks
invade Malta
1565 The Ottoman
troops landed on the island of Malta. The Great Siege of Malta began.
1798 French take Malta
1800 The island of Malta, that was occupied by the French, is conquered by British troops.
1840 Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.
1878 In anticipation with war with Russia, Disraeli mobilizes the reserves and calls up Indian troops to Malta
1928 Malta becomes a British dominion
1964 Malta gains independen
1964 The island of Malta obtains independence from the United Kingdom
.
1971 The United Kingdom
gives up its military bases in Malta.
1979 The Royal Navy
withdraws from Malta.
1979 Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
1984 In Malta, Prime Minister Dom Mintoff resigns.
1989 Cold War
: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George Bush
and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
release statements indicating that the Cold War
between their nations may be coming to an end.
2004 The largest expansion to date of the European Union
takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: Poland
, Lithuania
, Latvia
, Estonia
, the Czech Republic
, Slovakia
, Slovenia
, Hungary
, Malta and Cyprus
.
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