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.
Henry II, also called (until 1547) Duke (duc) dâOrlÃ©ans (born March 31, 1519, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, Franceâdied July 10, 1559, Paris), king of France from 1547 to 1559, a competent administrator who was also a vigorous suppressor of Protestants within his kingdom.