From DC Database
The 18th Century includes all events that took place from January 1st of 1700 to December 31st of 1799.
Chronology
1700
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| Boodikka is born on the planet Bellatrix. Note: Exact date is unknown, but she is said to be approximately 300-years old.
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1753
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| Jeremy Coe discovers an immense underground cavern in Gotham Town and uses it as base of operations to fight off Indian invaders. This cavern will later become known as the Batcave.
| Detective Comics #205
| 3.54
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1770
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| Date
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| Dan Hunter travels backwards in time from the 20th century and meets frontier fighter Tomahawk. He becomes a valuable comrade and a member of Tomahawk's Rangers.
| Time Masters #4
| 5.90
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| Tomahawk and Dan Hunter save the life of General George Washington from an Illuminati assassination attempt.
| Time Masters #4
| 5.90
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1772
| Event
| Source
| Date
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| The urchin known as Mad Hettie is born. Note: The source material states that she is 247-years old in publishing year 1989. Many of the events from the Sandman series take place in "real time", so her birth date is likely unaffected by standard DC Comics time-compression.
| Sandman (Volume 2) #3
| 3.89
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1776
| Event
| Source
| Date
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| The Founding Fathers are at Liberty Hall in Philadelphia. After they sign the Declaration of Independence, some of the men—including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson—meet in secret. They gather around a table, and the alchemist Taylor Hawke gathers 13 tokens and creates a spiritual embodiment of America. The tokens merge and form a small talisman. The 13 men agree to protect the talisman and the secret of its existence.
| Spectre (Volume 3) #37
| 1.96
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| Date unknown: Miss Liberty fights a squad of Hessians while trying to protect the Liberty Bell. Ironically, she is killed when the bell falls on top of her.
| All-Star Squadron #45
| 5.85
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1780
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| Date
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| The 20th century elemental Alec Holland is transported backwards in time to the 18th century where his essence is trapped inside a block of amber. The Indian medicine man Gray Elk discovers him in Echo Valley and studies the elemental's power for more than twenty years.
| Swamp Thing v.2 #86
| 5.89
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1790
| Event
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| Date
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| Violet Parris is interrupted during an energy feeding of a girl named Margaret by an armed posse. She is accused of also murdering four men in Worcester and they prepare to hang her. Among the posse is Thomas Larson who, upon seeing her aura as red, intervenes presumably killing one and "convincing" others not to follow. Thomas promises Violet that they'll soon become friends.
| Nightwing #130
| 5.07
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1799
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