Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - The 1830 revolution
i arahi ki te whakatūnga o tētahi whenua motuhake i raro i tētahi kāwanatanga ā-waenganui me tētahi kōngari ā-motu. Ko te ingoa "Belgium" i whakaaetia mo te whenua, ko te kupu i ahu mai i "Gallia Belgica", he kawanatanga o Roma i te taha raki o Gaul, i mua i te whakaekenga o Roma i te 100 BC, i nohoia e te "Belgae", he ranunga o nga iwi Celtic me German.