| 1019 |
- The city is first mentioned in an old Slavonic chronicle as Bierascie. |
| 1020 |
- The city is taken by Polish king Boleslaw the Courageous. |
| 1022 |
- Kievan Duke Yaraslau the Wise visited Bierascie. |
| 1044 |
- Bierascie is returned to the old Rusian state. |
| 1164 |
- Lithuanian duke Skirmunt took the city for a short time. |
| 1174-1341 |
- Bierascie belonged to the Uladzimir-Valynsk Duchy. |
| 1209 |
- The residents of the city invite Vasilka Ramanavich to be their duke. |
| 1210 |
- The city is taken by the Polish duke Leszka. |
| 1219 |
- The Rusian dukes Vasilka and Daniil took the city back. |
| 1227 |
- Bierascie was attacked by Yacviahs - baltic tribe that was living north to the city. |
| 1241 |
- Bierascie is biesieged by Mongols. |
| 1276 - 1288 |
- Stone tower is erected in the city. |
| 1289 |
- Valynian duke Mstislau issued a charter dee to Bierscie. |
| 1319 |
- The city became part of the Great Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) - an old Lithuanian and Belarusian state. |
| 1349 - 1366 |
- The Polish king Kazimierz III owned the city. |
| 1366 |
- According to the treaty between Kazimierz III and Lithuanian duke Keystut Bierascie returned to the GDL. |
| 1379 |
- The crusaders of the Teutonic Order depredated the city. |
| 1390 |
- Bierascie is granted the Magderburg privileges of self- government. |
| 1409 |
- Lithuanian duke Vitaut and Polish king Yagaila converged to the city to work out the plan of the battle with crusaders. |
| 1410 |
- Detachment from Bierascie took part in the Grunwald battle where crusaders were defeated. |
| 1413 |
- Bierascie is part of the Trok's region ( vajavodstva). |
| 1500 |
- The city is plundered by the Crimean Khan Mengli-Girei. |
| 1520-1566 |
- Bierascie is a part of the Padlyasie vayvodstva. |
| 1525 |
- The city suffered from a conflagration. The castle and the city center were burnt down. |
| 1558 |
- Mikalai Radzivil opened a printing house in the city. |
| 1563 |
- The Brest Bible is printed. |
| 1567 |
- Sweden troops destroyed Bierascie. |
| 1569 |
- A drug store is opened in the city. |
| 1591 |
- Nikolsk Orthodox brotherhood is founded in the city, and first brotherly school is opened |
| 1596 |
- Church Synod took place in the city and the Uniate church was founded. |
| 1613 |
- Fire in the city. |
| 1648 |
- Bierascie residents took part in the rebellion initiated in Ukraine. |
| 1657 |
- Sweden troops took the city and destroyed it. |
| 1664-1666 |
- Minting house was operating in the city. |
| 1706 |
- The city is taken and destroyed by Swedish troops. |
| 1795 |
- After the third division of the Rzech Pospolitaya Brest found itself in the Russian Empire. |
| 1812 |
- Brest is taken by the Napoleon's army. |
| 1836-1842 |
- The construction of the Brest fortress. The city is moved two kilometers eastwards. |
| 1842 |
- Opening of the fortress. |
| 1848 |
- Brewery is opened in the city. |
| 1863 |
- Anti-Russian rebellion. The detachment of rebels headed by R. Traugut was operating in the vicinity of the city. |
| 1883-86 |
- Construction of the rail-way station, one of the biggest in the Russian Empire. |
| 1905-07 |
- Several strikes were conducted in Brest. |
1914,
August 1 |
- WWI began |
1915,
September 15 |
- German troops entered the city. |
1917,
October 25 |
- Communist coup d'etat in Russia (Great October Socialist Revolution). |
1918,
March 3 |
- Signing of the peace treaty in Brest between Russia and Germany. |
1919,
February 20 |
- Brest is taken by Polish troops. |
1920,
August 1 |
- Soviet troops enterd the city. |
1920,
August 20 |
- Brest is taken again by Polish troops. |
1921,
March 18 |
- Riga treaty between Russia and Poland. Brest remained in Poland. |
1939,
September 1 |
- Nazi Germany declared war on Poland. WWII began. |
1939,
September 22 |
- Soviet Army entered the city. |
1941,
June 22 |
- The war between Soviet Union and Nazi Germany began. Brest was one of the first cities attacked on June 22. |
1941,
June 22 -
end of July |
- Heroic defence of the Brest fortress. |
| 1941-44 |
- Brest is under German occupation. |
