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CHRONOLOGY OF MALTA.

NAMES

- T V

O 3

of the

-c o

Grand-Masters.

33.

Philibert de

1396

Naillac.

Place oftheir Birth.

France.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

Dates.

Observations.

The grand-master was nearly tenyears in Europe ; and attended at thecouncil of Pisa.

Returned to Rhodesand died ...

141.9

1421

34.

Antonio Flu-vian, or De laRiviere.

1421

Spain.

Acted as mediator in makingpeace between Boursbai, sultan ofEgypt, and Janus, king of Cyprus,his prisoner.

1426

A general chapter held, at whichvery useful regulations were made,for maintaining an exact militarydiscipline.

1428

His death happened on the 12thof October .

1437

35.

Jean deLastic. 1437

France,

Abousaid-Jacmac, sultan of E-gypt, sent a fleet to attack Rhodes,which appeared before the capitalthe 15th of September .

The marshal of the Order defeat-ed this fleet.

The Egyptians made a new at-tempt on Rhodes in August .

and landed eighteen thousand men;but, after a siege of forty days, theinfidel general was forced to reimbark his troops.

Mahomet II. summoned Rhodesto acknowledge itself his vassal, andto pay a tribute accordingly.

The grand-master died in

According to father Antonio Pa-oli, the title of grand-master was

1440

1444

1454

1454