This is a timeline of Maltese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Malta and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Malta. See also the list of monarchs of Malta and list of Governors of Malta.
10th century BC
The colonisation of the Maltese Islands by the Phoeniciansbegins. | || Earliest evidence of commerce and increased contacts with surrounding Mediterranean cultures.
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Timeline of Maltese history Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA