It was named for Major General Baron Johann de Kalb, a hero of the American Revolution.

The county was organized February 25, 1845 and named for General Johann de Kalb, Baron de Kalb, of the Revolutionary War.

The County was named in honor of Johann de Kalb, a German ( Bavarian ) hero of the American Revolutionary War.

It was named for Baron Johann de Kalb, a German soldier who fought for the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.

De Kalb was one of the original ten towns of the county.

In 1825, the part of De Kalb North West of Beaver Creek was taken to be part of the Town of De Peyster.

In 1830, the Southeastern corner of De Kalb was made part of the Town of Hermon.

The town was established in 1825 from parts of the Towns of De Kalb and Oswegatchie.

The community was started in 1804 by Salmon Rich and Jonathan Haskins by sledding down the frozen river from the north part of De Kalb.

De Kalb was the birthplace of Bonanza star Dan Blocker, who played the character " Hoss Cartwright " on the popular NBC television Western.

Singer Ricky Nelson was killed in an airplane crash near De Kalb on December 31, 1985, while he was en route to a concert in Dallas.

The production was revived in 1878 by the family Kalb and continued until 2009 by several successors.

After Hart replaced Benti as the main anchor in New York, the Washington anchor desk was assumed by Bernard Kalb until 1972, and by Nelson Benton for a year afterwards.

In addition to Sven, they include Alfred Kalb, " Legionnaire " ( ex-member of French Foreign Legion ); Wolfgang Creutzfeldt, a giant of a man ironically named Tiny ( variously Little John in some of the books ); barracks fixer and shrewd thief Joseph Porta ; older sergeant Willie Beier, " Old Un " or " Old Man "; Julius Heide, an ex-Waffen SS officer and Nazi fanatic, Barcelona Blom, a veteran of both sides of the Spanish Civil War, Gregor Martin, who was a removals man before the war, Chief Mechanic Wolf, and Staff Sergeant Hoffman, a typical German NCO of the period.

While the militia was routing, and before Gates ' flight, he ordered his right flank under de Kalb to attack the opposing British militia forces.

De Kalb, attempting to rally his men was shot eleven times by musket fire.

Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb ( June 19, 1721 – August 19, 1780 ), born Johann Kalb, was a German soldier who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

In 1886, a monument to Baron de Kalb was erected on the grounds of the Maryland state house to honor his contributions to the revolution.

The town was formed from De Kalb and Edwards April 17, 1830.

In 1818 the road from De Kalb to what is now Hermon village was opened.

Blocker was born Bobby Dan Blocker in De Kalb in Bowie County in northeastern Texas, son of Ora Shack Blocker ( 1895 – 1960 ) and his wife Mary David Blocker ( 1901 – 1998 ).

* Marvin Kalb ( born 1930 ), veteran American journalist

New York State Route 812 intersects US-11 south of De Kalb village.

* Cooper Falls – A hamlet north of De Kalb village on NY-812.

* East De Kalb – A hamlet southeast of De Kalb village, located on US-11.

The road now began in Ladonia and via the present day State Highway 50 to Commerce where it followed the current SH 11 from to Daingerfield, then north on U. S. Highway 259 through Omaha and terminating in De Kalb

Zayd was son of Harithah ibn Shurahbil, a person of the Kalb tribe, and his mother, Su ' da bint Tha ' labah, was from the Bani Ma ' n, a branch of the Tay tribe.

His son Kalb Ali Khan became the new Nawab after his death in 1865.

* 1777-European officers recruited to Continental Army, including Marquis de La Fayette, Johann de Kalb, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, and Tadeusz Kościuszko

* Baron Johann de Kalb, major general in the American Revolutionary War

He also enlisted the services of a number of Continental soldiers of fortune, among whom were Lafayette, Baron Johann de Kalb, Thomas Conway, Casimir Pulaski, and Baron von Steuben.

De Broglie intrigued with his old subordinate, German Johann de Kalb, ( who had previously done a reconnaissance of America ), to send French officers to fight alongside the Americans, ( and perhaps set up a French generalissimo ).

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These notably included Johann de Kalb, Louis Lebègue Duportail, and Thomas Conway.

Johann de Kalb ( portrait by Charles Willson Peale ), was also critical of Washington.

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* Johann de Kalb was a German who served as major general.

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With Franklin's arrival in France on November 29, 1776 — the first anniversary of the founding of the Committee of Secret Correspondence — the French mission became an intelligence and propaganda center for Europe, an unofficial diplomatic representation, a coordinating facility for aid from America's secret allies, and a recruiting station for such French officers as Lafayette and Johann de Kalb.