* 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and journalist, 8th Prime Minister of Malta ( d. 2012 )

* 1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal – The reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.

* 1942 – Malta received the George Cross for its gallantry.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610 ) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610.

* 1989 – Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold war between Nato and The Soviet Union may be coming to an end.

* 1964 – Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.

The couple had two sons, David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty ( 1905 – 1972 ) born at the Capua Palace, Malta, and the Hon.

* 1974 – Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations

* 2002 – Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.

* 1800 – Malta is taken over by Great Britain.

** Italian Military Mission of Technical Assistance, from 1988 ( Malta ) – 36 soldiers

* 1919 – Sette giugno: Riot in Malta ; four are killed.

* 1565 – Turgut Reis ( Dragut ), commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Siege of Malta.

* 1283 – War of the Sicilian Vespers: Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet defeats a Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta in the Battle of Malta.

He trained Albanian commandos – some of whom were former Nazi collaborators – in Libya or Malta.

* Sir William Reid ( b. April 25, 1791, Kinglassie-d. October 31, 1858, London, England ), governor of Bermuda ( 1839 – 46 ), Barbados ( 1846 – 48 ), and Malta ( 1851 – 58 ); knighted 1851

** Presidents of Malta, 1974 – present

** Prime Ministers of Malta, 1921 – 1933, 1947 – 1958, 1962 – present

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* Saint Lucy's Day ( mainly Scandinavia, some regions of Italy ( for example, Sicily, Veneto and Trentino ), and Malta ), and its related observances:

* Saint Gregory's Day – 3 days after Easter ( in Malta )

The unsuccessful siege ( the Turks managed to capture the Isle of Gozo together with Fort Saint Elmo on the main island of Malta, but failed elsewhere and retreated ) was the second and last defeat experienced by Suleiman the Magnificent ( who died a year later, in 1566 ) after the likewise inconclusive first Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1529.

At that time Malta was a fiefdom of the Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta.

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In AD 60, the New Testament records that Saint Paul was shipwrecked on an island named Melite, which many Bible scholars and Maltese conflate with Malta ; there is a tradition that the shipwreck took place on the shores of the aptly named " Saint Paul's Bay ".

Re-enactment of 16th century military drills conducted by the Knights of St. John, Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta, 2005.

:" endowments to the Holy Sepulchre, our Lady of Josaphat, the Templum Domini, the Catholic Order of the Hospital ( Knights of Malta ), the leper hospital of Saint Lazarus, and the Praemonstratensians of Saint Samuel's.

Numerous other Roman Catholic churches within Valletta include Our Lady of Pilar Church, the Carmelite Church, Our Lady of Liesse Church, St. James Church, St. Barbara Church ( offering services in French, English and German ), Our Lady of Damascus ( a Byzantine Rite Catholic church ), St. Lucy Church, St. Roch Church, St. Catherine of Italy Church ( offering services in Italian ), St. Nicholas Church ( known as the ' Church of All Souls '), St. Catherine of Alexandria Church and the Parish Church of Saint Mary of Porto Salvo and Saint Dominic, accredited the first basilica in Malta in the Bolla Pont by Pope Pius V.

* Registered in other countries: 115 ( Barbados 2, Bolivia 1, Cyprus 10, Hong Kong 15, Malta 79, Panama 7, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 )

Although the story is set largely in Turkey, the movie was filmed almost entirely at Fort Saint Elmo in Valletta, Malta, after permission to film in Istanbul was denied.

The British government then sent him back to Malta as the Plenipotentiary Minister of His British Majesty for the Order of Saint John to coordinate the departure of the British in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Amiens.

** Paul Boffa, Maltese politician, Prime Minister of Malta ( 1947 – 1950 ) ( b. 1890 )

* Paul of Tarsus journeys to Rome, but is shipwrecked at Malta.

Local bodies of Knights Templar are known as Preceptories ; local bodies of Knights of St Paul are known as Chapters ; local bodies of Knights of Malta are known as Priories ; all operate under a Grand or Great Priory, often with an intermediate level of Provincial Priories.

Paul Cremona OP., Archbishop of Malta comes from Valletta

In accordance with his chivalric ideals, Paul was elected as the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, to whom he gave shelter following their ejection from Malta by Napoleon.

Another important factor in Paul ’ s decision to go to war with France was the island of Malta, the home of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

In June 1798, Napoleon seized Malta ; this greatly offended Paul.

Finally, two events occurred in rapid succession that destroyed the alliance completely: first, in July 1800, the British seized a Danish frigate, prompting Paul to close the British trading factories in St. Petersburg as well as impound British ships and cargo ; second, even though the allies resolved this crisis, Paul could not forgive the British for Admiral Nelson ’ s refusal to return Malta to the Order of St. John, and therefore to Paul, when the British captured it from the French in September 1800.

He acted at the Piccadilly Theatre in 1959 and was with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1962 Arts Theatre Experimental season ( Nil Carborundum and Afore Night Come ) 1964 ' Dirty Plays ' season Night Come, Victor and the premiere productions of The Marat Sade and the revival of Afore Night Come ), in 1965 at Stratford where he appeared in The Comedy of Errors, Timon of Athens, The Jew of Malta, Love's Labour's Lost, and Peter Hall's outstanding production of The Government Inspector at the Aldwych Theatre with Paul Scofield, Eric Porter, Donald Burton, Stanley Lebor, Bruce Condell, John Corvin and Tim Wylton among others.

In the face of this threat, Pope Paul III succeeded in February 1538 in assembling a ’’ Holy League ’’, comprising the Papacy, Spain, the Republic of Genoa, the Republic of Venice and the Knights of Malta, to confront Barbarossa.

According to tradition and as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, the Church in Malta was founded by St. Paul in 70 CE, following his shipwreck on these Islands.

Further evidence of Christian practices and beliefs during the period of Roman persecution can be found in the many catacombs that lie beneath various parts of Malta, including St Paul ’ s Catacombs and St Agatha ’ s Catacombs in Rabat, just outside the walls of Mdina.

Emperor Paul wearing the Crown of the Grand Master of the Order of Malta ( 1799 ).

In 1797, Paul I, Emperor of Russia signed a Treaty with the Order of Malta, establishing a Roman Catholic Grand Priory of 10 Commanderies in Russia in compensation for the loss of income from the former Polish Grand Priory ( of 6 Commanderies ), which lay in the Polish territory annexed by Russia.

In 1798, following Napoleon's taking of Malta, the Order was dispersed, but with a large number of refugee Knights sheltering in St Petersburg, where they elected the Russian Emperor, Paul I as their Grand Master, replacing Ferdinand Hompesch then held in disgrace.

Britain's occupation of Malta in October 1800 incensed Emperor Paul in his capacity of Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.

In his old age, Anrep also acted as adviser and principal sketch artist for the mosaics installed in the chapel of Saint Paul ( 1964 – 1965 ) These mosaics depict various moments in the life of Paul ; his occupation as a tentmaker, his conversion to Christ, the shipwreck on Malta and his eventual execution in Rome.

* Malta ( Saint Paul )

Paul Boffa ( 1890-1962 ), the Prime Minister of Malta between 1947 and 1950 and the country's first Labour Party Prime Minister, was also born in the city.

Pawlu " Paul " Xuereb ( 21 July 1923 – 6 September 1994 ), was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta July, 1986 – February, 1987 and Acting President of Malta between February 16, 1987 – April 4, 1989.