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01
1616
First Baptism in Żabbar
Parish Church
02
2023
Malta is hosting the Small Nations games which it will eventually win for the first time
03
2017
Joseph Muscat wins second mandate as Prime Minister
04
1956
The first five female police officers were recruited
05
1982
Malta’s national team staged its home fixture versus Iceland in Messina
06
1749
Plot of the Slaves is discovered
07
1919
Sette Giugno riots break out
08
2021
Spunt's first post
09
1798
The French, under Napoleon, arrive in Malta on their way to Egypt
10
1940
Italy declares war on the Allies
11
1940
Italy’s first air raid on Malta in WWII
12
2004
Malta elects its first MEPs
13
1885
The first regular passenger service between Gozo and Malta
14
1915
Tigné Barracks Hospital was upgraded to a fully dieted hospital and reopened
15
1802
Maltese representatives signed the Declaration of Rights asking for self government
16
1642
Pompeo de Fiore introduced Malta’s first printing press
17
1565
Dragut is fatally injured during the Great Siege
18
1798
Napoleon formally abolished slavery on the Maltese Islands
19
1798
Napoleon leaves Malta in the hands of Vaubois and 4000 men as garrison
20
1428
Charter of Liberties granted to Malta under Aragonese crown
21
1971
Mintoff is reelected as PM in the first election after the Interdett is lifted
22
1525
Pope Clement VII urged Gattinara to convince the Knights to accept Malta
23
1565
Fort St. Elmo falls to the Ottomans
24
1565
Ottomans killed and mutilated Knights, displaying their headless bodies across the harbour
25
1905
Dr. Themistocle Zammit discovered brucellosis spread through unpasteurised milk
26
1981
Malta received its first colour televisions
27
1798
Vaubois approved first form of press freedom in Malta
28
1787
The Monte della Redenzione degli Schiavi was dissolved
29
1982
PN protest at Għadira in over feast restrictions
30
1890
Prime Minister Pawlu Boffa was born
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