1032, The first written mention of Kursk ("Patrick Pechersky").
1095, The first mention of Kursk principality in a chronicle.
XIV c., the end of the 60s - the beginning of the 70s, Chernigov - Seversky region together with Kursk region entered into the Great Lithuanian principality.
1508 Kursk entered into the centralized Russian state.
1597 The male monastery in Korenaja pustyn was founded.
1606-1607 In the period of peasant war leaded by Bolotnikov Kursk supported the rebel.
1611-1612 Kursk was exposed a long siege by the Pole.
1648, On the 5th of July The tsarist troops suppressed a rebellion of Kursk citizens against feudal lords.
1722, The oldest map of the central part of the town, by now, was made.
1727-1779 Kursk was a part of Belgorod government and was its uezd center.
1781, In August a severe fire destroyed the significant part of Kursk.
1782 The first general plan of Kursk was made, which was approved by Empress Ekaterina II.
1783 A noble college was based, three years later it was renamed into the
Main Folk Specialized school.
1787 A water route along the Seim River from Kursk to Kiev was established. It was used until 1851.
1797 Kursk government was organized. It included 10 uezds.
1816-1828 The Znamensky cathedral on Red Square was built.
1838, On the 22nd of September the newspaper "Kurskie gubernskie novosty" (The News of Kursk
government) started publishing.
1858, December, Kursk telegraph station started working. The first connection was established with Moscow.
1868, On the 7th of September a railway traffic between Kursk and Moscow was established.
1870, On the 14th of February a railway traffic between Kursk and Kiev was established.
1870 Mariininskaja female grammar school was founded.
1873 In Kursk appeared the first water supply.
1873 The first public library was founded.
1876, On the 1st of September Kursk land - measure college was founded.
1891 In Kursk appeared the first town telephone station.
1896 Semenovskaja meteorological observatory was founded. Since then meteorological observation started in Kursk.
1898, On the 18th of April a tram traffic started in Kursk (from Moscow gates to Herson gates). A line was 4,8km long.
1913, the 26th of November (the 9th of December, Gregorian calendar) on the day of the Saint
George in Kursk government there was celebration devoted to companions of George Cross.
1917, On the 26th of November (the 9th of Desember,Gregorian calendar) the Soviet power was proclaimed in Kursk
government.
1919, On the 20th of September Kursk was occupaed by the troops of general Denikin's army.
1919, On the 19th of November The troops of the 9th infantry division together with the Estonian division freed Kursk of Denikin troops.
1926, On the 6th of November the first brodecasting radiostation started working.
1928, On the 14th of May Kursk government was abolished. Kursk became a district town, and later it became a district center of Central-Chernozem oblast.
1929, In March started local news broadcasting.
1934, On the 13th of June Kursk became an oblast center.
1934, In September Kursk pedagogical institute, the first institute in the town, started working.
1935, On the 14th of May Kursk oblast library started working., later it was named in honer of A. A. Deineka.
1938 Oblast filarmony started working.
1941, On the 29th of August Kursk was exposed the first German air bombardment in World War II.
1941, From the 1st of November until the 2nd of November Kursk was beseiged by the German troops.
1943, On the 8th of February Kursk was freed by the troops of army 60 of the Voronezh front.
1943, From the 5th of July until the 23nd of August Kursk great battle hapened.
1945, On the 28th of February the declaration of restoration of Kursk was approved. 60 mln. of rubls was invested.
1946, In January the general plan of devalopment of Kursk for 25 years was made.
1947, In May air traffic started working.
1959 Gas-main Shebelinka-Kursk provided gas for the oblast center.
1959, On the 6th of September stadium "Trudovye reservi" started working.
1959, On the 6th of November oblast TV station started working. Kursk started recieving central TV.
1960 The first line of chemistry plant "Khimvolokno" started working.
1961 The first program of Kursk local TV appeared.
1964 On the 31th of August Kursk politechnical institute started working.
1967 On the 31th of October the decision of founding the titul "Honorable citizen of Kursk" was approved.
1968 The first line of Kursk knitwear factory started working.
1969 Kursk and Jugoslavian Titovo Uzice
became twin towns.
1971 On the 5th of November Kursk circus started working.
1972 In August the first trolleybus line started working.
1980 On the 9th of April Kursk was avarded order of 'Otechestvennaja voina I stepen'.
1980 On the 14th of July the relay race of "Olimpic fire" passed Kursk.
1982 On the 3rd of December holiday in honer of 950 anivesary of Kursk happened.
1984 On the 9th of May Memorial in honer of the dead Kursk citizens in World War II was opened.
1988, On the 18th of September holiday "Day of Kursk town" was celebrated.
1989, In Junuary Kursk and Speyer
(West Germany) became twin towns.
1990, In August Kursk and Witten (West
Germany) became twin towns.
1994 Submarine 'Kursk' was lounched.
2000, On the 30th of July German culture center in the House of Knowlege opened its doors.
2000, On the 12th of August submarine 'Kursk' sanked.
2001, In April Kursk division of railway was closed.