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.
Lavoisier was sentenced to death by the revolutionaries. Trumped-up charges against him included stealing money from Franceâs Treasury and giving it to Franceâs enemies. Antoine Lavoisier died by the guillotine at the age of 50 on May 8, 1794 in Paris. Marie-Anneâs father and 26 other people were executed on the same occasion. At the end of 1795, in a U-turn, the French government found Lavoisier innocent of all charges.