On the 1950th anniversary of the shipwreck of St Paul in Malta, Pope Benedict XVI…
KevinApril 4, 2010
The main sports complex in the South of Malta with the largest indoor sports facilities…
KevinMarch 1, 2003
On this day, a treaty was signed between Malta and the Sovereign Military Order of…
KevinDecember 5, 1998
Hundreds of years after the Great Siege of 1565, Malta experienced another siege, this time…
KevinSeptember 5, 1991
United behind the theme ‘One Heart with the Pope – Qalb Waħda mal-Papa”, the Maltese…
KevinMay 26, 1990
The Maċina Bastion together with some nearby buildings became the new headquarters of the Malta…
KevinFebruary 22, 1980
After the war, some believed that the Isla Parish Church should be rebuilt after it…
KevinAugust 24, 1957
He was instrumental during the Second World War, when he helped to arrange the transfer…
KevinOctober 17, 1955
On the 50th anniversary of the coronation of the titular painting of the Immaculate Conception…
KevinJuly 23, 1955
Archbishop Michael Gonzi laid the foundation stone for the new church dedicated to the Annunciation…
KevinMarch 27, 1955
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi bought a sizeable piece of land near the Kalkara shore and gifted…
KevinSeptember 7, 1952
The convent of the Dominican friars we see today replaced the one that was demolished…
KevinJuly 27, 1952
In 1941 the statue of the Immaculate Conception together with the titular painting of Bormla,…
KevinNovember 19, 1944
This was the day when the war in Malta stopped. Coincidentally, it was the same…
KevinSeptember 8, 1943
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
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
He studied at the Lyceum and at the Royal University of Malta. He graduated with…
KevinNovember 8, 1932
The tram service in Malta, known as the Malta Tramway and Transport Company Limited, operated…
KevinDecember 15, 1929
Until the first quarter of the 20th century, the Church of the Annunciation in Birgu…
KevinAugust 23, 1925
Celebrations honouring St Dominic of Gusman's 700th death anniversary took place at Birgu's Church of…
KevinJune 25, 1922
The Society of Christian Doctrine, better known as MUSEUM, was founded by St George Preca…
KevinOctober 15, 1921
On the shore of Isla, on 4 September 1921, Archbishop Mauro Caruana crowned the titular…
KevinSeptember 4, 1921
Originating in America, the flu quickly spread to Europe and eventually reached Malta.
KevinSeptember 27, 1918
Football was introduced in Malta during the time of the British in the middle of…
KevinNovember 5, 1916
He studied architecture at the Royal University of Malta and later he became a prominent…
KevinAugust 6, 1916
When Lorenzo Gafà designed the facade of the Church of St Lawrence, he set aside…
KevinAugust 3, 1913
Bishop Carmelo Scicluna accepted a request to build a new church in Kalkara on a…
KevinDecember 10, 1897
The building work was completed in 1895 and consecrated by Archbishop Mauro Caruana on 30…
KevinJune 22, 1890
After the water was introduced in Cottonera in 1845, the colonial government decided to build…
KevinApril 22, 1846
The aqueduct that was built to transfer water from Fawwara to Cospicua was 9 miles…
KevinJuly 7, 1845
On the night between 18 and 19 October 1837, a ciborium filled with consecrated hosts…
KevinOctober 21, 1837
During the French occupation of Malta, the French army erected a Liberty Pole on 10…
KevinAugust 10, 1798
The Church of the Monastery of Santa Scholastica in Birgu, dedicated to St Anne, dates…
KevinMay 7, 1679
In the 17th century, the Dominicans decided to demolish the church given to them in…
KevinMarch 23, 1636
The first small church dedicated to St Paul in the area called Maħten it-Tin in…
KevinNovember 13, 1590
At the beginning of the 16th century, the Dominicans were offered the old church dedicated…
KevinFebruary 4, 1528