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== Chronology ==
*'''1756''' 2nd Battalion, 34th Regiment of Foot redesignated as73rd Regiment of Foot
*'''1763''' became a Regiment of Invalids
*'''1769''' disbanded
*'''1777''' raised as the 1st Battalion 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)
*'''1778''' 2nd Battalion raised
*'''1786''' redesignated the [[71st Regiment of Foot|71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)]]
*'''1780''' 2nd Battalion, 43rd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot raised
*'''1782''' became the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
*'''1809''' became the 73rd Regiment of Foot
*'''1862''' became the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' became the 2nd Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)
*'''2006''' merged with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_Foot 73rd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highlanders) Black Watch] Wikipedia
[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/lmr/regiments.html#73 Macquarie University's webpage] on the 73rd Foot (includes links to information on [[Seringapatam]] [1799] and [[Mangalore]] [1783])
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
