Knights Hospitaller Military Order of Malta

Type Object Region Europe Time 1530

After relocating from Rhodes to Malta in 1530, the Hospitallers (Order of Saint John) reorganized the Maltese islands as a Christian maritime militar…

Timeline

1530Birgu, Malta · MaltaCharles V granted Malta to the Order; after their defeat at Rhodes, the Order rebuilt its headquarters there, reconstituted its eight langue structure, and resumed its Hospitaller maritime mission.
c. 1541–1550Maltese Islands · MaltaIn the 1540s the Order advanced construction of fortresses such as St Elmo and St Angelo, reorganized its galley fleet and coastal artillery system to meet sustained Ottoman and Barbary pirate pressure on Christian shipping.

Sources

Brockman, Eric. The Two Sieges of Rhodes, 1480–1522 and the Knights of St. John. Selwood, 1969. — Eric Brockman (1969)