C |
5000 |
|
BC |
|
|
Arrival of Man in Malta |
C |
5000 |
|
BC - |
3750 BC |
|
Neolithic (Stone Age Man) |
C |
3750 |
|
BC - |
2200 BC |
|
Temple Builder |
C |
2200 |
|
BC - |
2000 BC |
|
UNINHABITED |
C |
2000 |
|
BC - |
800 BC |
|
Bronze Age |
|
C |
800 |
|
BC |
|
|
Phoenicians |
C |
480 |
|
BC |
|
|
Cartheginians (descendants of Phoenicians in Tunis)
Strong Greek influence in Malta |
|
C |
218 |
|
BC |
|
|
Romans |
C |
395 |
|
AD |
|
|
Byzantines |
C |
871 |
|
|
|
|
Arabs |
|
1091 |
|
|
|
|
A tributary of Count Roger of Normandy Arabs continue to hold Malta on behalf of the Normans |
|
|
1123 |
|
|
|
|
Sicilian Sovereigns |
|
|
1194 |
|
|
|
|
Swabians - House of Hohenstaufen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Germans) |
|
1268 |
|
|
|
|
Angevins (French) |
|
1283 |
|
|
|
|
Aragonese (Spanish) |
|
1372 |
|
|
|
|
Genoese (Italian) |
|
1410 |
|
|
|
|
Castillians (Spanish) |
|
|
1530 |
|
|
|
|
The Sovereign, Military Order of St John |
|
1798 |
|
|
|
|
French |
|
1800 |
|
|
|
|
British |
|
|
1964 |
|
|
|
|
Independence |
|
1974 |
|
to date |
|
Republic |