After the failed November Uprising of 1830-1831, Piarists were forced to leave Dūkštos. The village was very supportive of the January Uprising of 1863, and a revolutionary commander headquarters were established in the nearby forests, while a nearby valley served as the location of a military hospital for revolutionaries and people injured during clashes with the Tsarist authorities. In 1868, by an order of the governor of Vilnius, the local church was closed, later converted to an orthodox church, and only returned to Catholics by the end of the 20th century.