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.
Page 1 of the last Will and Testament of King Henry VII. This is the last Will and Testament of King Henry VII made just before he died of poisoning on April 22, 1509. It is remarkable in what it does not mention: The Will makes NO mention of a marriage between his son Henry and Catherine of Aragon.