 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto ekutanga eMalta akavakwa apo yakanga iri pasi peSangano raSaint John. Raiva uto rehondo rine simba raiva nengarava dzakadai seSanta Anna. The Order muchirongwa siyana zvengarava exploits pamusoro hweOttoman Empire apo yakavakirwa muMalta, kunyanya Hondo Lepantora1571 uye Hondo yeDardanelles ya1656. Muzana remakore rechi17 uye kutanga kwezana remakore rechi18, ngarava dzeMalta dzaiendawo kunopamba ngarava dzevaMuslim. Pakupedzisira corsairing yakaderera uye Mutemo wakanga usina simba uye wakaputsika, naizvozvo pakanga pane kurwisa kuduku apo Napoleon akaburuka paMalta muna 1798. Mauto ehondo eOrder, kusanganisira ngarava dzomutsetse San Zaccharia uye San Giovanni, akabatanidzwa muuto rehondo reFrance uye Malta yakanga isisina simba rayo rehondo. 