History of Dubingiai

Later it was governed by the Radziwiłłs who built Dubingiai Castle from stone and town became one of the centres of the Reformation in Lithuania. Many famous members of Radziwiłł family are buried in the churchyard of Dubingiai castle. In 17th century a weave and paper manufactures were established in the town. In 17th century - 18th century the town was slowly re-converted to Catholicism.

A massacre of over 20 Lithuanian inhabitants by a local Armia Krajowa unit occurred in 23 June 1944, during World War II. The crime was a retaliation by the Polish commander for an earlier massacre of Polish villagers in Glitiškės