In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman leader, sent a great fleet west to lay siege to Malta and capture it for his empire. Victory would mean control of trade across the Mediterranean and ...

It was a matter of life or death on Malta from March 1565, when word arrived that ageing sultan Suleyman the Magnificent intended a final assault on the Knights of St John. Enmity between Suleyman ...

The inscription of ‘Malta 1565’ on the barrel of one of the New Zealand terrorist’s rifle shows how widespread the Great Siege’s appropriation by far-rightists and racists is. The New Zealand mosque ...

For centuries, Grand Harbour has ranked among the Mediterranean’s most impressive natural ports. Guarding its entrance, Fort ...

He has set up many libraries in various schools in Malta. The military prowess of the Order of St John, with the support of the Maltese, during the siege of 1565 is well known. In his presentation ...

In 60 A.D., the Apostle Paul found haven on a rocky beach near Valletta after his ship wreck, and in 1565 the Turkish invasion fleet was driven off by the Knights of Malta. More recently ...

Lino Bugeja’s article (The Sunday Times of Malta, July 26) asserting that the local nobility abandoned the island in 1565 in fear of the impending siege, is symptomatic of that peculiar malaise ...

One of the attackers involved in the New Zealand terror attack had ‘Malta 1565’ written on two of his guns. Photos published on New Zealand media show the ...

1551 - Unsuccessful Ottoman attempt to invade Malta 1565 - Great Siege of Malta: the climax of an escalating contest during the 16th Century between allied Christian states and and the Islamic ...

La Valette, like Suleyman, was born in 1494. As the Ottoman fleet reached Malta on May 18, 1565, at age 71 La Valette was described as tall, robust and well built, with a dignified manner of ...