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This Date in History: Hospitallers Defend Malta

By , About.com GuideMay 19, 2005

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Malta Fortress May 19, 1565: Suleiman the Magnificent attacks the Hospitallers on Malta but is unsuccessful. Numbering just 700, the knights were aided by several European nations who saw Malta as the gateway to Europe. Tens of thousands of Turks landed at the bay of Marsasirocco.

 

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