Enjoying the support of Mazovian Dukes, especially Janusz I of Warsaw, in 1378 it received town charter, and became a capital of a separate province, the Land of Różan.

During the January Uprising, clashes between Polish insurgents and Russian troops took place near Różan on April 24 and August 21, 1863.

[1] The uprising was widely supported by local residents, and as punishment, in 1870 Russians stripped Różan of its town charter.

During the Polish–Soviet War, the invading Russians captured 13 Polish soldiers in the town and murdered them in the village of Miecze on August 23, 1920.

During the German Invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Różan was defended by the Polish army.

In the beginning of the German occupation, the occupiers carried out mass searches of homes of local policemen, postal workers and court employees.