Malta Protectorate
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Malta Protectorate was the political term for Malta when it was a British protectorate. The protectorate existed between the capitulation of the French forces in Malta in 1800 and the transformation o
Sir Alexander Ball, Civil Commissioner of Malta, 1799–1801 and 1802–1809
1803 cartoon about the evacuation of Malta
The Declaration of Rights of the inhabitants of the Islands of Malta and Gozo, of 1802, at Palazzo Parisio
Aerial view of Lampedusa
Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
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The siege of Malta, also known as the siege of Valletta or the French blockade, was a two-year siege and blockade of the French garrison in Valletta and the Three Cities, the largest settlements and m
Malta Protectorate
…between the capitulation of the French forces in Malta in 1800 and the transformation of the islands to the Crown Colony of Malta in 1813. During the Maltese uprising against the French, the Maltese people formed a National Assembly as a provisional government. Messengers were sent to the British fleet in Sicily for help, and a British…
Watercolour depicting French-occupied Valletta and Manoel Island as seen from Għargħar Battery, a rebel artillery position during the blockade
Canon Francesco Saverio Caruana, one of the Maltese insurgent leaders. He later became Bishop of Malta.
The Portuguese ship Rainha de Portugal saluting Alexander Ball's squadron on October 1798
Casa Leoni, the command base for the Maltese insurgents