| August 3, 2349 | Brian McCafferty is born in Coventry, England to mother Cheryl, an exobiologist, and father Garrick, a landscape architect |
| June 23, 2353 | Brother Alec Stewart McCafferty born on Tycho City |
| February 11, 2355 | Brian enters Coundon Court Comprehensive Primary Education |
| April 6, 2359 | Brian is selected in the Warwickshire All-Schools Football side- however a knee injury all but ends his football career. He decides to quit and focus on his education |
| December 1, 2361 | Brian finishes his primary education, and enters Birmingham Technical College with a view to also becoming a landscape architect |
| July 17, 2363 | At age thirteen, Cheryl and Garrick McCafferty are killed in what is believed to be a freak shuttlecraft accident |
| August 15, 2363 | Brian makes a decision to leave Birmingham Tech at age sixteen and apply for Starfleet Academy |
| August 5, 2365 | Brian attempts the Academy entrance exam, but fails |
| March 11, 2366 | Brian passes the entrance exam at the second attempt |
| May 1, 2366 | Brian begins a four year course at Starfleet Academy with the view of becoming a security officer |
| December 12, 2370 | Brian graduates from Starfleet Academy, and receives his first posting to the USS Makepeace |
Brother Alec McCafferty still living in Coventry, but hoping to join his brother wherever he may serve