Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money Belgium HISTORY Belgium has existed essentially in its present form since 1830, when an uprising led to independence from The Netherlands. The country's name goes back to a Celtic tribe, the Belgae, whom Julius Caesar described as the most courageous tribe in all of Gaul. The Belgae were overwhelmed, ...