| 1690 | Created as Régiment de Salis (Swiss regiment in French service) | |
| 1702 | Régiment de May | |
| 1715 | Régiment du Buisson | |
| 1721 | Régiment de Diesbach (Steinbrugg) (90ème régiment) | |
| 1764 | Régiment de Diesbach (Belleroche, Romain) (77ème régiment in 1774, 88ème régiment in 1776) | |
| 1785 | Régiment de Diesbach (Belleroche, Ladislas) (85ème régiment in 1791) | |
| 1792 | Régiment de Diesbach (Rodolphe) | |
| 1792 | Disbanded and number vacant till 1794 | |
| 1794 | 1st Conglomerate: Establishment of the 85ème demi-brigade de bataille (from the 1st batallion of the 43ème Regiment d'Infanterie, the 1st bataillon of the Volontaires de la Haute-Marne and the 5th bataillon of the Volontaires du Haut-Rhin). | |
| 1796 | 2nd Conglomerate: Establishment of the 85ème demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (from the 56ème demi-brigade de bataille, the 104ème demi-brigade de bataille, and the 113ème demi-brigade de bataille). | |
| 1803 | 85ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne | |
| 1815 | Disbanded | |
| 1820 | Re-established as the 10ème régiment d'infanterie légère | |
| 1855 | Renamed 85ème régiment d'infanterie de ligne | |
| 1920 | Disbanded (traditions guarded by the 95ème régiment d'infanterie) | |
| 1939 | Re-established as 85ème régiment d'infanterie | |
| 1940 | Disbanded |
Honours
Honours carried on the flag during the First Empire (1809):
ULM 1805, AUSTERLITZ 1805, JENA 1806, EYLAU 1807, FRIEDLAND 1807.
ESSLING 1809, WAGRAM 1809
Honours carried on the flag during the First Empire (1812):
AUSTERLITZ, IENA, EYLAU. ECKMUHL, WAGRAM
Honours on the flag by the end of the 19th Century:
PASSAGE DU TYROL 1797, AUERSTAEDT 1806, SÉBASTOPOL 1855,
SOLFÉRINO 1859
Honours on the flag in 1920:
PASSAGE DU TYROL 1797, AUERSTAEDT 1806, SÉBASTOPOL 1855,
SOLFÉRINO 1859, VERDUN 1916, L’AISNE 1918, ST-THIERRY 1918
Decorated with the Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 with 2 palms
Decorated with the Medaille d'Or de Milan
Campaigns, Battles and Combats
War of the League of Augsbourg (1690-1697)
1691: Siege of Mons
1692: Siege of Namur.
1693: Battle of Neerwinden, Sieges of Huy and Charleroi. Defense of
Saint-Malo.
1697: Siege of Ath.
War of Spanish Succession (1701-1713)
1702: Captures of Uetz and Kykuyt
1703: Combat in Ekeren
1704 :Capture of the redoubt at Spar
1705: Siege of Hombourg
1706: Battle of Ramillies
1708: Defense of Ghent
1709: Battle of Malpaquet.
1711: Attack on Arleux. Defense of Bouchain
1712: Attack on Denain. Recapture Marchiennes, Douai and Le Quesnoy
War of Polish Succession (1734-1736)
1734: Occupation of the Palatinat (Rhineland) and Spirbach
1735: Campaign of the Rhine; Combat of Klausen
War of Austrian Succession (1741-1748)
1744: Part of the expeditionary corps destined for Scotland (with the
Great Pretender). Mission abandoned. Siege of Furnes
1745: Siege of Tournay; Battle of Fontenoy, Sieges of Audenaerde and
Dendermonde
1746: Sieges of Bruxelles, Mons and Namur; Battle of Rocoux
1747: Combat of Rosenthal (Walemmes bridge); Battle of Lawfeld
(regiment distinguished); Capture of Fort Frédéric-Henri
1748: Siege of Maestricht
Seven Years War (1756-1763)
1757: Battle of Rossbach (where the regiment covers itself with
immortal glory)
1758: Combat of Sunderhausen (regiment distinguished)
1758: Capture of Cassel ; combat of Lutzelberg
1759: Battles of Bergen and Munden
1760: Combats of Corbach and Warbourg
1761: Affair at Grumberg
1762: Attack on the castle of Amenebourg
CAMPAIGNS OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE EMPIRE:
Campaign in Belgium (1794)
Campaign in Italy (1795-1797)
1795: Battle of Loano
1796: Battles of Mondovi, Borghetto, Lonato, Castiglione, Roveredo, and
Rivoli
1797: Battles of Tramin and the Gorges
Campaign in Egypt (1798-1801)
1798: Battles of Malta, Chebreiss, and of the Pyramids.
1799: Battles of El-Arish and Saint-Jean-d'Acre
1800: Battle of Heliopolis
Campaign in Germany (1805-1809)
1805: Battles of Ulm and Austerlitz
1806: Battles of Auerstadt, Custrin, Czarnovo and Pultusk
1807: Battles of Eylau and Friedland
1809: Battles of Eckmuhl, Ratisbonne and Wagram
Campaign in Russia (1812)
1812: Battles of Mohilew, La Moskowa, Wiasma, Smolensk, Krasnoe, and
Wilna
Campaign in Germany (1813)
1813: Battles of Pirna, Kulm and Dresden
Campaign in France (Defence of France) (1814)
1814: Battles of Laon and Paris
Hundred Days Campaign (1815)
1815: Battle of Waterloo.
Campaign in Algérie (1832-1836)
Crimean War (1855)
1855: Siege of Sebastopol.
Campaign in Italy (1859)
1859: Solférino
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
The Great War (First World War) (1914-1918)
1914: Battles of Sarrebourg and victories in Lorraine: Mortagne,
Apremont and Bois d'Ailly
1915: April Operations in Woëvre; offensive of Saint-Mihiel
Battle of Verdun, Tavannes sector
1917: Champagne Offensive; Woods of la Grille.
1918: L'Aisne: Main de Massiges, La Vesle, Hundling-Stellung and
St-Thierry
Second World War – German invasion of France (1940)