The purpose of the DeKalb County Historical Society is to study, preserve and record our heritage. By the end of 1969, 167 members from many areas of the United States had joined the Society. Native Americans were here first..Next came fur traders and trail blazers, settlers followed.
King Henry III of France was assassinated in the siege by Jacques ClÃ©ment. On August 1, 1589, Henry III, lodged with his army in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, prepared to attack Paris when a young fanatical Dominican friar named Jacques ClÃ©ment, carrying false papers, was granted access to deliver important documents to the King.
Towards the end of his life, Gilbert was appointed as a physician to Queen Elizabeth I, and upon her death, he was appointed as physician to King James I, shortly before his own death. Death & Legacy. William Gilbert died on November 30, 1603, aged 59, in London. Though there have been various discussions on the causes behind his death, it is often said that Gilbert could have possibly died due to the bubonic plague.