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Foundation stone laid for the new city of La Valletta in Malta by Knights Hospitaller Grand Master Jean de Valette

Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette (la) valɛt]; c. 4 February 1495 – 21 August 1568) was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568.

Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette (la) valɛt]; c. 4 February 1495 – 21 August 1568) was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568. As a Knight Hospitaller, joining the order in the Langue de Provence, he fought with distinction against the Turks at Rhodes. As Grand Master, Valette became the Order's hero and most illustrious leader, commanding the resistance against the Ottomans at the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, sometimes regarded as one of the greatest sieges of all time.

The foundation stone of Valletta was laid by Grandmaster La Valette in 1566. He did not live to see Valletta completed, as he died in 1568 and was succeeded by Grandmaster Pierre de Monte.

Historical Significance

Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette (la) valɛt]; c.

Events Before

  1. Battle of Talikota: The Deccan Sultanates destroy Vijayanagar's army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India

    The Deccan sultanates is a historiographical term referring to five medieval Indian Persianate Muslim kingdoms on the Deccan Plateau between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range.

  2. Portuguese soldier Estácio de Sá founds the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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  3. First Spanish settlement in the Philippines is founded in Cebu City

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  4. Mary, Queen of Scots (22) marries for the second time her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (19)

    Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1546 – 10 February 1567) was King of Scotland as the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 29 July 1565 until his murder.

  5. First permanent European settlement in the US is founded in St. Augustine, Florida

    St. Augustine or Saint Augustine is a city in and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States.

Events After

  1. Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell

    Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567. The…

  2. Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scotland

    James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and...

  3. War of Religion breaks out in France as Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX

    War of Religion breaks out in France as Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX

  4. Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel

    Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel

  5. Battle of Oosterweel: Spanish mercenary troops destroy a band of Dutch rebels near Antwerp, start of the Eighty Years' W

    Battle of Oosterweel: Spanish mercenary troops destroy a band of Dutch rebels near Antwerp, start of the Eighty Years' War

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