Formed in Tuscany in 1753 the regiment served in the Napoleonic Wars, during which its troops reached Madrid and Moscow.

[2][3][4] On 12 September 1753 the Corps of Tuscan Dragoons (Italian: Corpo dei Dragoni Toscani) was formed in Florence by order of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Francis I, who had been bestowed with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany by his father in law Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor in 1737.

In 1801 the Treaty of Aranjuez dissolved the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, which was replaced by the Kingdom of Etruria under the rule of Louis I, who reduced the Corps of Tuscan Dragoons to a single company.

On 21 July 1805 the Queen María Luisa reduced the corps to two companies, which form the Tuscan Dragoons Squadron.

[2] On 10 December 1807 Emperor Napoleon forced Queen María Luisa to abdicate and the Kingdom of Etruria came under French control.

Shortly after Napoleon abdicated the throne on 11 April 1814 the 28e Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval was disbanded.

On 18 June 1824 Ferdinand III died and was succeeded by his son Leopold II as Grand Duke.

[2] On 26 April 1859 the Second Italian War of Independence broke out and two days later Leopold II left Tuscany, which was quickly occupied by Sardinian troops.

The war was concluded by the Armistice of Villafranca, which included a provision to restore Leopold II to the throne of Tuscany, but the Tuscan National Assembly voted on 16 August 1859 to depose the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

In 1866 the regiment participated in the Third Italian War of Independence, during which it earned a Bronze Medal of Military Valor in the Battle of Ponte di Versa on 26 July 1866.

In 1895-96 the regiment provided 2 officers and 70 enlisted for units deployed to Italian Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

In 1917 the regimental depot in Rome formed the 1498th Dismounted Machine Gunners Company as reinforcement for infantry units on the front.

In 1918 the regiment earned its second Bronze Medal of Military Valor for its conduct during the decisive Battle of Vittorio Veneto.

After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the regiment was disbanded by invading German forces in the area of Tirana.

The squadrons group received the name, flag, and traditions of the Regiment "Lancieri di Firenze" (9th) and joined the Armored Brigade "Vittorio Veneto".

[2][7] After the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces and the Vittorio Veneto was one of the first brigades to disband.

[2] From 1 October 1993 to 19 January 1994 the regiment participated with one squadron in the United Nations Operation in Somalia II.