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 colonisation.

Ancient Civilsations

900 B.C. - The start of the iron Age.
480 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.
1914-1918 - First World War.
1919 - Sette Giugno riots against British rule.
1921 - Amery-Milner constitution granting self-government.
1930-1939 - Turbulent period of intermittent self-government.
1939-1945 - 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 Malta.
2004 - Malta membership of the European Union.
2008 - Malta joins the Eurozone.