history of Malta under the Order of Saint John
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Hospitaller Malta, known in Maltese history as the Knights' Period, was a de facto state which existed between 1530 and 1798 when the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo were ruled by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. It was formally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Sicily, and it came into being when Emperor Charles V granted the islands as well as the city of Tripoli in modern Libya to the Order, following the latter's loss of Rhodes in 1522. Hospitaller Tripoli was lost to the Ottoman Empire in 1551, but an Ottoman attempt to take Malta in 1565 failed.
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Painting of Maltese ladies by French artist Antoine de Favray.| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | war | 1526 | Ottoman–Habsburg Wars | House of Habsburg, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Wallachia, Tsardom of Russia, Cossack Hetmanate, Principality of Transylvania, series of wars, Hospitaller Malta, Principality of Moldavia, Duchy of Mantua, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Spanish Empire, Holy Roman Empire | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1798 | War of the Second Coalition | Spain, war, Holy Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Russian Empire, French First Republic, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Kingdom of Naples, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Roman Republic, Batavian Republic, Helvetic Republic, Ligurian Republic, Parthenopean Republic, Cisalpine Republic, Hospitaller Malta | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Painting of Maltese ladies by French artist Antoine de Favray. | Commons | ||
