Prehistory 5200 B.C Arrival of man on Malta 3200 B.C. Building of megalithic temples 2000 B.C. Invasion of Bronze Age peoples 800 B.C. Phoenician colonistation Ancient Civilsations 900 B.C The start of the iron Age480 B.C. Carthaginian domination 218 B.C. Roman domination after the Punic Wars 60 St Paul shipwrecked on Malta Arabs 395 Byzantine domination of Malta 870 Arabs occupy Malta Normans and Middle Ages 1090 Normans occupation 1194 Swabian occupation 1266 Angevins occupation 1283 Aragonese occupation 1350 Establishment of a Maltese nobility 1397 Establishment of the Universita 1485 Death of Peter Caxaro Knights of St. John 1530 Order of the Knights of St John arrive in Malta 1561 Inquisition established 1565 The Great Siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks 1566 The Founding of Valletta French 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte takes Malta from the Knights. 1799 Britain takes Malta 1800 The French surrender 1802 Peace of Amiens British 1814 Malta becomes a British Crown Colony 1914-18 First World War 1919 Sette Giugno riots against British rule 1921 Amery-Milner constitution granting self-government 1930-39 Turbulent period of intermittent self government 1939-45 Second World War 1947 Restoration of self government Malta Today 1964 Malta Independence within the British Commonwealth 1974 Malta becomes a Republic 1979 Last British services leave Malta2004 Malta membership of the European Union
5200 B.C Arrival of man on Malta 3200 B.C. Building of megalithic temples 2000 B.C. Invasion of Bronze Age peoples 800 B.C. Phoenician colonistation
900 B.C The start of the iron Age480 B.C. Carthaginian domination 218 B.C. Roman domination after the Punic Wars 60 St Paul shipwrecked on Malta
395 Byzantine domination of Malta 870 Arabs occupy Malta
1090 Normans occupation 1194 Swabian occupation 1266 Angevins occupation 1283 Aragonese occupation 1350 Establishment of a Maltese nobility 1397 Establishment of the Universita 1485 Death of Peter Caxaro
1530 Order of the Knights of St John arrive in Malta 1561 Inquisition established 1565 The Great Siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks 1566 The Founding of Valletta
1798 Napoleon Bonaparte takes Malta from the Knights. 1799 Britain takes Malta 1800 The French surrender 1802 Peace of Amiens
1814 Malta becomes a British Crown Colony 1914-18 First World War 1919 Sette Giugno riots against British rule 1921 Amery-Milner constitution granting self-government 1930-39 Turbulent period of intermittent self government 1939-45 Second World War 1947 Restoration of self government
1964 Malta Independence within the British Commonwealth 1974 Malta becomes a Republic 1979 Last British services leave Malta2004 Malta membership of the European Union