Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1918 — History of Belgium. [ARTICLE]

History of Belgium.

Modern Belgium dates only from 1831, but the history of the country dates from the time of Julius Caesar, who in 51 B. C. finally conquered the country inhabited by the Belgae. Bel-, glum is the southern part of the Netherlands. The northern part is now known as Holland. Belgium is also the northern part of what was called Flanders and two provinces of Belgium still bear the name, East and West Flanders. The southern part of old Flanders is now the northwestern part of France. All this flat country was commonly called the Low Country, i Modern Belgium Is a part of it.