| 21 Sep 1801 |
Grodno gubernia was created. It included all the territory of modern Brest region and existed up to 1921. |
| 1801-1825 |
Tsar Alexander the 1st reigned in Russia. |
| 12 Aug 1812 |
Battle between Russian and French troops took place near Gorodechno (Pruzhany district). |
| 1812 |
French troops were beated by Russian troops near by Kobrin. |
| 1825-1855 |
Tsar Nikolai the 1st reigned in Russia. |
| 29 Nov 1830 |
Antirussian rebellion began in Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania. It lasted up to the end of 1831. |
| 1833 |
It was began the building of the Brest Fortress. The town of Brest was moved 2 miles to the East. |
| 1836 |
A cloth-mill was founded in the village of Porechie (Pinsk district). It was closed in 1916. |
| 18 Jun 1840 |
It was banned to use terms "Belorussian gubernia" and "Lithuanian gubernia" in documents by Tsar's decree. It should be used "North-West gubernia" only. |
| 1855-1881 |
Tsar Alexander II reigned in Russia. |
| 1860 |
Sugar-refinery was founded in Porechie (Pinsk district). |
| 1861 |
Population of Brest was 20.665. |
| 1863-1864 |
Rebellion in Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania. |
| 1865 |
Men's gimnasium was opened in Brest. It was closed in 1915. |
| 1869-1878 |
Brest-Moscow railway was built. |
| 1881-1894 |
Tsar Alexander III reigned in Russian Empire. |
| 1882 |
It was built the railway between Pinsk and Zhabinka. |
| 1886 |
The railway between Luninets and Gomel was made available. |
| 1892 |
Match-mill "Progress-Vulkan" was founded in Pinsk. |
| 1894-1917 |
The last Russian tsar Nikolai II reigned. |
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