Govantes , author of the ´Diccionario Geográfico Histórico de la Rioja`(Geographic and Historical Diccionary of the Rioja Province), published in 1846, supports the hipothesis of Briñas being the location of the old Roman setting of Deóbriga, after Vindeleya period (Today Foncea) in the itinerary of Anthony Augustus from Astorga to Aquitaine.

The first known document , from the year 1047 a.D. is a document of donation by which Don Sancho Fortúnez, was giving the village of Briñas to the Leire Monastery. This heroic knight famous for his performance at the Tafalla Battle against Ramiro of Aragon, had received both assignments from the king García of Navarre.

This village is mentioned again when the Navarre kings Sancho of Peñalén and Placencia, on the 3rd of July of 1072, donated the Tondon village to the Salvador de Leire Monastery. Apparently Briñas used to depend on Haro until the 17th century when it grew in population gaining more rights until it became an independent town. It was inscribed as Haro, in the dominions of the Frias Dukes until manors and domains were suppressed in 1811.

It used to be part of Burgos`Province until Logroño Province was created (nowadays ´Rioja`). (by the royal bill of law of the 30th of November of 1833).

In 1834 in the month of March, over the socalled bridge of Briñas, there were some confrontations between the King Charles followers and the Liberal Party followers. Near this bridge , nowadays there is a monument in memory of the dead in that battle