6th August 1916 – Born in Cospicua toLaurence and Concetta nee Farrugia
1939 - Awarded a Rhodes scholarship where he obtained his qualifications in science and engineering which included MA, BSc and BE&A, A&CE
1935 – Assistant Secretary of the Cospicua Labour Party
1935 – 1937; 1944 – Served as General Secretary of the Labour Party
1945 – Contested the general electrions for the Council of Government
1947 – 1949 – Appointed Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction
1947 – Led delegations to London regarding the Marshall Aid
1947 – Married Moira Bentinck
1949 – Mintoff became the leader of the Malta Labour Party
1950 – 1996 – Contested all general elections
1953 – 1955 – Editor of The Knight
1955 – Became Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance and led a delegation to discuss the question of integration
1958 – Resigned in protest against the Britishand led the Maltese Liberation Movement
1958 – Led a delegation to London to discuss the re-introduction of self-government
1962 – 1971 – Became Leader of Opposition, in light of the MLP’s dispute with the Church
1971 – Removed Sir Maurice Dorman from governor-general and appointed Sir Anthony Mamo instead
1971 – Given the Order of the Republic of Libya
1973 – Given the Grand Cordon De l’Ordre de la Republique of Tunisia
1974 – Chose Mamo as the first president of the Republic of Malta
1978 – Given the Order of the Gran Cordon of Oissam Alaouite from Morocco
1979 – Ended the British military hold on Malta
1980 – Negotiated a protocol neutrality agreement with Italy
1984 - Resigned from Prime Minister and leader of the MLP but retained his parliamentary seat
1990 – Made Companion of the National Order of Merit (KUOM)
1998 – Mintoff voted against the Labour Government on a motion on the Cottonera development
2003 – Campaigned against Malta’s accession to the European Union
2008 – Awarded the Al-Qathafi Prize by the International Committee for the Al-Qathafi Award for Human Rights