1643: Created as Regiment de la Reine-Mere
1666: Renamed Regiment d'Arois
1673: Renamed Regiment de la Couronne
1791: 45e Regiment de Infanterie
1793: 45e demi-brigade de bataille (formed from the following)
1er bataillon 23e Regiment de Ligne
1er bataillon Volontaires des Basse-Alpes
1er bataillon Volontires de la Lozere
1796: 45e demi-brgade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following)
100e demi-brigade de bataille (2e Bat 50e Regt d'Inf, 7e Bat Vol des Bouches-du-Rhone and Bat Vol de Tarascon)
105e demi-brigade de bataille (1er Bat, 53e Regt d'Inf and 1er and 2e Bat Vol du Gers)
Bataillon Volontaires des Basse-Alpes
The 45eme Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne was originally created in 1643 as the Regiment de la Reine-Mere. It was part of the Armee d'Italie in 1792-94 and formed part of the l'Interieure and de Reserve during the period 1795-99. A flag taken at the fall of Mantua on 30 July 1799, and now on show in the Army Museum in Vienna, belonged to the 3e bataillon 45eme and has the pont de Lodi, Bataille de Castiglione, combat sur la Brenta, Bataille d'Arcolo, 1re et 2e Bataille de Rivoli and the Bataille de St George shown on it.
Honorary Battles of the régiment1792: Valmy and Siege of Lille
1793: Nerwinden and Wattignies
1794: Courtrai and Capture of Ypres
1796: Lodi, Mantoue, Saint-Georges, and Castiglione
1797: Mantoue
1799: Magnano, Cassano, Novi, Gavi, and Tortone
1801: Casa-Nova
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Crewitz and Lubeck
1807: Ostrelenka and Friedland
1808: Espinosa-de-los-Monteros
1809: Alcantara, Aspern-Essling, Wagram, Talevera-de-la-Reina, and Almonacid
1811: Barrosa, Fuentes-de-Onoro, and Albuera
1812: Cadiz
1813: Vittoria, Echalar, Nivelle, and Bayonne
1813: Dresden and Dantzig
1814: Garris, Orthez, and Toulouse
1815: Waterloo
