Rising of the Priests

Date: September 8, 1775 • Location: Valletta, Malta

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1775.

Maltese priests discontented with the Order of Saint John led an uprising that was quickly suppressed by the Order.

The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, was a Catholic military order. It was founded in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century and had its headquarters there, in Jerusalem and Acre, until 1291, thereafter being based in Kolossi Castle in Cyprus (1302–1310), the island of Rhodes (1310–1522), Malta (1530–1798), and Saint Petersburg (1799–1801).