malta

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The Nation includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

Establishment

January 1050: According to Al-Himyarī, Malta remained almost uninhabited until it was resettled in around 1048 or 1049 by a Muslim community and their slaves, who rebuilt the city of Melite as Medina, making it "a finer place than it was before".

Chronology

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1. Byzantine-Norman Wars

Were a series of wars between the Byzantines and the Normans in southern italy and the Balkan Peninsula.

1.1. Norman conquest of southern Italy

Were a series of military campaigns by Norman forces that slowly conquered southern Italy from the Bizyntine Empire and from local Lombard rulers.

1.1.1. Norman conquest of Sicily

Was the Norman conquest of Sicily, at the time under Muslim rule.

January 1128: The conquest of Malta by the Normans was completed in 1127.

2. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

2.1. War of the Second Coalition

Was the second war that saw revolutionary France against most of the European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria, and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples, and various German monarchies. Prussia did not join this coalition, and Spain supported France.

2.1.1. Malta during the War of the Second Coalition

During the War of the Second Coalition, Malta, at the time controlled by the Knights Hospitalier, was conquered by France but shortly after occupied by Great Britain.

September 1800: Malta (proper - without Gozo island) conquered by great britain.
August 1801: Cassar continued to rule Gozo independently until 20 August 1801, when the British Civil Commissioner, Charles Cameron, removed him from the position.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

August 1091: Norman invasion of Malta.
January 1123: Malta experienced a Muslim uprising.
July 1813: The Malta Protectorate was transformed into a British Crown colony in 1813.
September 1964: The Crown Colony of Malta became independent under the Malta Independence Act 1964 passed by the British Parliament.
December 1974: Following amendments to the Constitution by the Labour government of Dom Mintoff, the monarchy was abolished and Malta became a republic within the Commonwealth.