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Timeline<\/h2>\n
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The history of the Maltese Islands reads like ‘who’s who’ of military and economic powers holding sway over the Mediterranean through the ages. Going back thousands of years, beyond recorded history, one finds the arrival of early civilizations who came to these islands and settled here in prehistoric times. Successive waves of conquerers took possession of these small but strategically important territories over the centuries, only to pass them on to the next set of ‘owners’. <\/p>\n

This timeline starts at around 5200 B.C., when the first waves of stoneage farmers came to these shores, and tracks the main milestones and transitions in Malta’s eventful history, right down to the present.<\/p>\n

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 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nPrehistory<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n5200 B.C.<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nArrival of man on Malta<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n3200 B.C.<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nBuilding of megalithic temples<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n2000 B.C.<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nInvasion of Bronze Age peoples<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n800 B.C.<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nPhoenician colonisation<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nEarly Inhabitants<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n900 B.C.<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nThe start of the Iron Age<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n480 B.C.<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nCarthaginian domination<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nRoman Times<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n218 B.C.<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nRoman domination after the Punic Wars<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n60<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nSt. Paul shipwrecked on Malta<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n395<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nByzantine domination of Malta<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nUnder The Arabs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n870<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nArabs occupy Malta<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nNormans Rule & The Middle Ages<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1090<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nNormans occupation<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1194<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nSwabian occupation<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1266<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nAngevins occupation<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1283<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nAragonese occupation<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1350<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nEstablishment of a Maltese nobility<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1397<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nEstablishment of the Universita<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1485<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nDeath of Peter Caxaro<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nKnights of St. John<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1530<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nOrder of the Knights of St John arrive in Malta <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1561<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nInquisition established<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1565<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nThe Great Siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1566<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nThe Founding of Valletta<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nFrench Occupation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1798<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nNapoleon Bonaparte takes Malta from the Knights<\/font><\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1799<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nBritain takes Malta<\/font><\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1800<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nThe French surrender<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1802<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nPeace of Amiens<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nBritish Period<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1814<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nMalta becomes a British Crown Colony<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1914-1918<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nFirst World War<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1919<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nSette Giugno riots against British rule<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1921<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nAmery-Milner constitution grants self-government<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1930-1939<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nTurbulent period of intermittent self-government<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1939-1945<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nSecond World War<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1947<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nRestoration of self-government<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nModern Malta<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1964<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nIndependence within the British Commonwealth<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1974<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nMalta becomes a Republic<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n1979<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nLast British services leave Malta<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n2004<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nMalta membership of the European Union<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/font><\/td>\n2008<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\nMalta joins the Eurozone<\/font><\/td>\n <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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