In 1859 the regiment participated in the Second Italian War of Independence and in 1860-1861 in the Sardinian campaign in central and southern Italy.

[3][1][4] During World War I the regiment fought dismounted in the trenches of the Italian Front and in May 1916 it distinguished itself in the Battle of Monfalcone.

[3][4] In 1690 the Duke of Savoy Victor Amadeus II joined the Nine Years' War against the Kingdom of France.

On 4 July 1690 the Regiment Dragoons of Piedmont (Italian: Reggimento Dragoni del Piemonte) was formed for service in the war.

The same year Duke Victor Amadeus II joined the War of the Spanish Succession and the regiment fought in 1706 in the Siege of Turin and then in the Duchy of Savoy.

[4][6] In 1733 King Charles Emmanuel III joined the War of the Polish Succession on the French-Spanish.

[3][4][6] In 1792 King Victor Amadeus III joined the War of the First Coalition against the French Republic.

In March 1796 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Italy and took command of the French forces, with which he defeated the Royal Sardinian Army in the Montenotte campaign within a month.

On 28 April 1796, King Victor Amadeus III had to sign the Armistice of Cherasco and on 15 May 1796 the Treaty of Paris, which forced Sardinia out of the First Coalition.

Victor Amadeus III also had to cede the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice to France.

On 16 October 1796 Victor Amadeus III died and his eldest son Charles Emmanuel IV ascended the throne.

On 9 December 1798 the Sardinian troops were released from their oath of allegiance to the King and sworn to the Piedmontese Republic.

For its conduct at the battles of Goito, Mortara, and Novara the regiment was awarded three Bronze Medals of Military Valor.

[3][4][6] In the 1860-1861 the regiment participated in the Sardinian campaign in central and southern Italy and fought in the battles of Perugia and Spoleto, and in the Siege of Capua.

In 1895-96 the regiment provided one officer and 68 enlisted for units deployed to Italian Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

On 1 October 1909 the Nizza ceded one of its squadrons to help form new Regiment "Lancieri di Mantova" (25th).

In 1911-12 the regiment provided five officers and 157 enlisted to augment units fighting in the Italo-Turkish War.

In 1917 the regimental depot in Savigliano formed the 739th and the 1558th dismounted machine gunners companies as reinforcement for infantry units on the front.

[3][4] After the war the Italian Army disbanded 14 of its 30 cavalry regiments, which did not affect the Nizza Cavalleria.

[3][4] In 1935-36 the regiment contributed 14 officers and 436 enlisted for units, which were deployed to East Africa for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 invading German forces disbanded the regiment in Turin.

[3][4] During the war the regiment's depot in Turin formed the:[4] In September 1941 III Tank Group "Nizza Cavalleria" was sent to Italian Libya and assigned to the 132nd Armored Division "Ariete" for the Western Desert Campaign.

After the defeat in the Second Battle of El Alamein the remnants of the III Tank Group participated in the retreat to Tunisia and there in the Tunisian Campaign.

[5] At the end of 1943 the Reconnaissance Squadron "Nizza Cavalleria" was formed in Cava dei Tirreni by the Italian Co-belligerent Army.

The squadron was initially assigned to the IX Assault Unit, which in June 1944 liberated Cingoli from German occupation in the Battle of Ancona.

[4][5] On 24 November 1946 the Divisional Reconnaissance Group "1° Dragoni" was formed in Pinerolo and assigned to the Infantry Division "Cremona".