On this day, a treaty was signed between Malta and the Sovereign Military Order of…
KevinDecember 5, 1998
During a ceremony held at the Malta Drydocks on Tuesday, 14 April 1992, a monument…
KevinApril 14, 1992
Hundreds of years after the Great Siege of 1565, Malta experienced another siege, this time…
KevinSeptember 5, 1991
On 31 March 1979, the last remaining detachment of British Forces marched out of Fort…
KevinMarch 31, 1979
This was the day when the war in Malta stopped. Coincidentally, it was the same…
KevinSeptember 8, 1943
The espionage mission he came to carry out in Malta was discovered while he was…
KevinNovember 28, 1942
In 1942, after the continuous bombings from the air by the Axis forces, Malta was…
KevinAugust 15, 1942
Found in Birgu Square, the Clock Tower had five floors and was about forty metres…
KevinApril 27, 1942
After being spared during the first months of the war, except for some minor damage,…
KevinApril 9, 1942
The San Salvatore bastion which forms part of the Cottonera fortifications was turned into a…
KevinOctober 25, 1941
On Sunday morning of the 19th of January 1941, Birgu suffered one of the fiercest…
KevinJanuary 19, 1941
During one of the attacks on the HMS Illustrious, the Isla Basilica dedicated to the…
KevinJanuary 16, 1941
For this ceremony, the Scout Groups of Bormla, St Edward's College, Żabbar, Msida and those…
KevinOctober 23, 1938
Fort St Angelo was officially transferred to the Royal Navy on 8 December 1906. Four…
KevinJuly 1, 1933
The building work was completed in 1895 and consecrated by Archbishop Mauro Caruana on 30…
KevinJune 22, 1890
At the request of the British Royal Navy to the Governor, in 1830, Villa Bighi…
KevinSeptember 24, 1832
The Froberg mutiny was a revolt within the British armed forces by the Froberg Regiment…
KevinApril 12, 1807
On 18 July 1806, 18,000 kilograms of powder that were stored in the polverista exploded.…
KevinJuly 18, 1806
During the French occupation of Malta, the French army erected a Liberty Pole on 10…
KevinAugust 10, 1798
After the Siege of Candia, Grand Master Cotoner feared that the Ottomans would turn their…
KevinAugust 28, 1670
In 1669 Grand Master Nicolás Cotoner instructed engineer Antonio Maurizio Valperga to design a new…
KevinJune 15, 1670
Also known as the Firenzuola Lines, they were built in the 17th and 18th centuries…
KevinDecember 30, 1638
The assistance sent by the Viceroy of Sicily arrived in Malta under the leadership of…
KevinJuly 3, 1565
The Maltese were ordered to seek shelter in the fortifications as the Turkish fleet approached…
KevinMay 18, 1565
The Council of the Order met in Birgu, and after five hours of discussions, chose…
KevinAugust 21, 1557
In 1551, Ottoman forces attacked Malta and invaded Gozo. The whole Gozitan population was enslaved
KevinMay 8, 1552