| 1700-1721 |
Russia and Poland were in war with Sweden (North War). This war brought many distresses to Belarus. Many of belorussian towns were robbed and burned down, the third part of population of Belarus was killed. |
| 1733-1764 |
August III was the King of Poland and the Great Prince of the Great Lithuanian Princedom. |
| 1762-1796 |
Tsarina Ekaterina II reigned in Russia. |
| 1764-1795 |
Stanislav August Ponyatovsky was the King of Poland and the Great Prince of the Great Lithuanian Princedom. |
| 1768 |
Uniate church was built in the village of Volno (Baranovichi district). It is the Troitskaya Orthodox Church at present time. |
| 1768 |
Metallurgical manufactory was founded in Malorita. It was working till 1790. |
| 1771 |
Russian troops headed by Suvorov beated Great Lithuanian troops headed by Oginsky
near by the village of Stolovichi (Baranovichi district). |
| 1773 |
Troitsky kostyol (Catholic church) was built in the village of Volchin (Kamenets district). |
| 1775 |
It was began the building of Dnieper-Bug channel which connected the river of Dnieper with
West Bug and Visla. |
| 1780 |
A cloth-mill was built in Ruzhany. |
| Oct 1795 |
Western part of Belarus was merged to Russian Empire. The King of Poland and the Great Prince of the Great Lithuanian Princedom Stanislav August Ponyatovsky abdicated in favour of Russian tsarina Ekaterina the 2nd. |
| 1796-1801 |
Tsar Pavel the 1st reigned in Russia. |
| 1798 |
A cloth-mill was built in Khomsk (Drogichin district). It was working till 1838. |
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