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Siege of Malta

Ottoman Empire's invasion of Malta in 1565
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Siege of Malta
Matteo Perez d'Aleccio · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Siege of Malta is a siege[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of siege entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,565 views/month, #5 of 1,415).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Hospitaller Malta[3]
  • Instance of: battle[4]
  • Location: Grand Harbour[5]
  • Part of: Ottoman–Habsburg Wars[6]
  • Commons category: Great Siege of Malta[7]
  • Start time: May 18, 1565[8]
  • End time: September 8, 1565[9]
  • Participant: Ottoman Empire[10], Regency of Algiers[11], Knights Hospitaller[12], Hispanic Monarchy[13], Republic of Genoa[14], Duchy of Savoy[15], Duchy of Florence[16], Papal States[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Great Siege of Malta[18]
  • Commons gallery: Siege of Malta (1565)[19]

Why It Matters

Siege of Malta has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Duchy of Savoy Papal States Republic of Genoa Turgut Reis

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → siege-1565
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: siege-1565, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289959473|siege 1565 (#289959473)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0367419-oblehani-Malty-1565-Malta
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0367419-oblehani-Malty-1565-Malta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 20w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Hospitaller Malta
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34011|batch #34011]]: Siege of Malta == Hospitaller Malta"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Ottoman–Habsburg Wars
    Country → Hospitaller Malta
    Start time → +1565-05-18T00:00:00Z
    Part of → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007539657405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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