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, with John's consent, agreed to name Richard his heir. On July 6, 1189 Henry died in Chinon, and Richard succeeded him as King of England, Duke of Normandy, and Count of Anjou. He was officially crowned duke on July 20 and king in Westminster on September 3, 1189.n September 1190 both Richard and Philip arrived in Sicily. In 1189 King William II of Sicily had died. His heir was his aunt Constance, later Queen Constance of Sicily, who was married to Emperor Henry VI.