1892, February 25
Railway reopens
The Malta Railway reopens, under government management.
1892, February 25
The Malta Railway reopens, under government management.
1890, March 31
Malta Railway Company Ltd. is declared bankrupt. The Malta Railway is closed.
1887
Constitution of 1887 provides that four members in the Council of members were to represent the clergy, the nobility and landed proprietors, university graduates and the merchants.
1883, September 8
The eight of September is recommended as a national holiday, commemorating the victory of the Knights and the Maltese over the Ottoman Empire in the Siege of Malta (1565).
1883, February 28
The Malta Railway service is inaugurated, with service from Valletta to Floriana, Ħamrun, Msida, Birkirkara, Lija, San Antonio, Attard, Mosta (San Salvatore), and Mdina.
1880
In education, 'Anglicization' of Maltese students becomes a matter of policy.
1878
21 titles of nobility were successfully claimed by various individuals before a Royal Commission.
1870
J.S. Tucker proposes the construction of a railway from Valletta to Mdina.
1869, November 17
Opening of the Suez Canal. This greatly enhanced the importance of the Grand Harbour to British merchant marine and naval shipping.
1864, September 16
Pope Pius IX issues a papal bull entitled Singulari Amore (With remarkable love), separating the islands of Gozo and Comino from the diocese of Malta; seven days later, Michele Francesco Buttigieg is elected first Bishop of Gozo.
1860, October 25
The Colonial Office in London approves the establishment of a separate Roman Catholic diocese for Gozo.
1855, June 9
Three Gozitan representatives personally petition Pope Pius IX for a separate Roman Catholic diocese for Gozo; the pontiff promises his support.
1853
The Crimean War; Malta serves as a hospital base for wounded combatants, and acquires the nickname Nurse of the Mediterranean. (to 1856)
1849
Malta was granted a Constitution providing for a Council of Government of eighteen members of whom eight were to be elected by the people.
1836, December 30
Second petition for a separate Roman Catholic diocese for Gozo is presented to Pope Gregory XVI.
1835, June 20
Malta was granted a Constitution providing for a Council of Government of seven members of whom three were to be nominated Maltese representatives.
