For the first time about dunaivtsi is mentioned in 1403. Dunaivtsi belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1577 dunaivtsi be the property of Elizabeth Lanckoronski from a noble family of herburt coat of arms. This young lady unknown history of the way managed to convince the Polish king Sigismund III Vase that dunaivtsi is a serious cultural and industrial centre (probably showed Sigismund on the globe new York- it supposedly dunaivtsi is. He glanced over - yeah, sure Lisa, a wonderful city, what you have a beautiful neckline, what are you doing tonight?)... In General, in 1592, the king gave Dunaivtsi the city status and Magdeburg rights. So dunaivtsi become Dangordon.During the uprising of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1649 the town was destroyed by his allies - the Crimean Tatars, almost all the inhabitants were killed. In the late 17th century Doonagore passes into the possession of the Ottoman Empire, then it again return of the Commonwealth. After the second partition of Poland in 1793 the town was autosilo to the Russian Empire. Somewhere in the process of all this movement Unigard again quietly turned in dunaivtsi...
In 1862 dunaivtsi become the centre of the municipality Uchicago County. In the early twentieth century there were about 15 thousand inhabitants, of which two thirds were Jews. In terms of population and industry dunaivtsi were significantly superior to the administrative center of the County - New Ushytsya. In 1907 was made an unsuccessful attempt for the second time in history to the status of a city. It is evident, to seduce the ruler was none. It's one thing when the city is home to a pretty lady, and quite another - 10 thousand Jews...
In 1923 dunaivtsi has become a city, the district center Kamenets district first, then the Vinnytsia region, and finally, Kamianets-Podilskyi region, since 1954 Khmelnytskyi became.
Dunaivtsi is included in the list of historical settlements of Ukraine.