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People tend to say "bruh" when something absurd happens. But would you say there's a historical moment that deserves such a description or reaction? Granted, many absurd things have happened throughout history (and we don't need to look back many years to find them).

There have been fights between cities because of buckets, people who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki disasters, and a secret army masquerading as a giant wooden horse. Pretty crazy stuff when you think about it, isn't it?

One netizen collected all these incredible moments in one place when they asked: "What historical event can accurately be referred to as a 'bruh moment?'" Are you curious to find out, too? Scroll down and see the most interesting answers for yourself!

#1

Close-up of a curious ostrich head capturing a weird and iconic bruh moment in nature’s history. The Australian emu war.

Benjiniss , DejaVu Designs/Freepik (not the actual photo) Report

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Deliberately attempting to exterminate a whole species because they are problematic is always a bad idea.

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    #2

    Vintage sepia photo of a young soldier in uniform, representing weird and iconic bruh moments in history. When 100 russian soldiers who barely survived poison gas attack(and were close to d**ng anyway) charged against 7000 german soldiers in WW1. The russians were so abnormal mutilated by the gas that the germans thought they were attacked by zombies. Spoiler alert: the russians won.

    ezorethyk2 , orthedu Report

    Jesse
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The battle of Osowiec Fortress, 1917. Attack of the Dead Men.

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    #3

    Vintage portrait of a man with glasses and mustache, representing weird and iconic bruh moments in history. When Teddy Roosevelt was s**t before he was supposed to give a speech.

    The bullet was slowed down by the folded up 50-page speech, so it did not k**l him. The bullet was inside him and he was bleeding, but he still went on and have the speech, which was 84 minutes long.

    He started it off with "It takes more than that to k**l a Bull Moose" and showed the crowd the speech with the hole in it. That's a pretty "bruh moment" and humiliating to your would-be assassin.

    -eDgAR- , Library of Congress Report

    Rafael
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "When Teddy Roosevelt was shít before he was supposed to give a speech." Whoa, I was put off for my interpretation of the censored first phrase and refuse to read the rest of the paragraph that might confirm or deny my reading. I have spoken!

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    #4

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real “What happened in Tiananmen Square?”

    Chinese Government: “Nothing”

    “Bruh”.

    anon , Flickr Report

    #5

    Old scratched military helmet on ground with bullet casings nearby, representing weird and iconic bruh moments in history. In WW1 when everyone stopped fighting on Christmas and came out of the trenches and drank together in no man's land.

    tori1122 , Freepik (not the actual photo) Report

    StumblingThroughLife
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the wrong helmet⏫ (looks like an American one??) This is WW1 helmet ---> s-l1600-68...c299b8.jpg s-l1600-68d1122c299b8.jpg

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    #6

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real When the Germans during WW1 disguised one of their ships as the British's HMS Carmania so they could wreck some ships without being recognised as a German ship. As the German ship went into the open seas, it met the real HMS Carmania which then immediately sank the German's disguise. Bruh.

    prototypeandroid , Stewart Bale Report

    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Carmania was a British armed merchant. The Cap Trafalgar was german raider. The Cap Trafalgar was disguised as the Carmania to attack allied shipping, and met the OG Carmania, shelling the hell out of it and being shelled in return. The Kronprinz Wilhelm, another German armed liner, came to the scene, but decided not to get involved mistaking the sinking german ship for the actual Carmania, and thinking the heavily damaged Carmania was a trap, thus losing the chance to both save German sailors and to sink a dangerous opponent

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    #7

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real Brexit.

    stefblog , gpointstudio/Freepik Report

    StumblingThroughLife
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    💯% This is what happens when a percentage of people decide they don't like 'foreigners' - and incentivised by a Govt telling everyone that the EU were ripping us off. We've suffered economically ever since. 72.2% of those old enough to vote, took part. 51.9% LEAVE, 48.1% voted REMAIN. It was too close a call, yet the Govt (PM David Cameron) still let it go through.

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    #8

    Black and white historic photo of soldiers with rifles and bayonets behind a stone wall, a weird and iconic bruh moment in history. 300 Australians trapped in a coastal African city held off 1000s of Italians for months during WW2.

    anon , Australian war memorial Report

    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They accomplished this by throwing Australian wildlife, which they had brought along for just such an occasion, at the enemy.

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    #9

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real The Native Americans being forced out of their homes.

    joy2da , nomadsoul1/Freepik (not the actual photo) Report

    Sam Trudeau
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    In Canada, they were treated relatively better over time, if only slightly.

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    #10

    Portrait of a man in historical clothing with an intense expression, depicting a bruh moment in history. That pirate who had a bounty on him, so he put a bounty on the guy who put it on him, making it a real 'No u' moment.

    mclv7gaming:

    Jean Lafitte for anyone interested.

    anon , Rosenberg Library Report

    G A
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whoever wrote this entry should have a bounty on their head....

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    #11

    Black and white photo of a man in a suit, representing a weird and iconic bruh moment from history. Thomas Fitzpatrick drunkenly stealing a plane on a bet.

    YoungXanto:

    Twice!
    The second time was better though because he was bragging about stealing a plane and landing it in the street in Manhattan and some other drunk was like, "bullsh**!".
    Rather than argue with this man, he just went right ahead and did it again, right then and there.
    Anyone insane enough to steal a plane and land it in Manhattan once is also insane enough to do it twice. And most certainly won't stand for having his word questioned by some drunk at a bar.

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    FranSinclair
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brothers been doing better than ever, hes been out of prison for 1 year. In the last 20years hes never been out and stayed out more than 2 weeks. He likes jail. Hes good at it and hes popular there which is weird but its true. A few years ago, at a gas station, someonw had told my brother he wouldnt steal another car again (what hed just gotten out for) so he stole the cop car running outside of the store just so he felt like the top dog. The man was like 35 yrs old!

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    #12

    Portrait of an ancient historical figure representing one of the weird and iconic bruh moments in history. The destruction of Khwarezmia by Genghis Khan.

    Genghis Khan forged a peace treaty with the Shah of Khwarezmia. After the treaty was signed, the Khan sent a 500-man caravan to officially establish trade ties with the empire. However the governor of the Khwarezmian city of Otrar had the entire caravan arrested, claiming they were conspiring against the empire. The Khan then sent three ambassadors (one Muslim and two Mongols) to the Shah negotiate the release of the caravan. The Shah had the Mongol ambassadors shaved bald and the Muslim ambassador beheaded before sending them back to the Khan. This angered the Khan, who considered ambassadors to be "sacred and inviolable."

    So he led the Mongols over the Tien Shan mountains and in less than two years the entire Khwarezmian civilization was completely wiped out. As each city in the empire was captured, the defenders were e**cuted, women and children given to Mongol soldiers as slaves, artisans captured and sent back to Mongolia as servants, and the cities sacked. When the city where the Shah had been born surrendered, the Mongols broke the dams on the nearby rivers, causing a flood that literally wiped the city off the map.

    TL;DR, never break a peace treaty with Genghis Khan.

    Lachwen , Shruge Report

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    #13

    Mushroom cloud from atomic b**b explosion captured in black and white as an iconic bruh moment in history. Both nukes the US dropped on Japan but especially Nagasaki.

    anonymous:

    There was a guy who was in Hiroshima for the first b**b and then took a train to work in Nagasaki just in time for the second one. And he survived.

    tokenbisexual , U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Report

    Wij
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    B o m b is censored? Holy f**k, that’s dumb

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    #14

    Men wearing traditional Scottish attire with tartan kilts and high socks walking on a cobblestone street in a historic bruha moment When the Scottish people thought to invade England when they were infected by the plague because they were weaker. Then taking it back to their own country, and giving everyone the plague there.

    TheRitualMaster , EyeEm/Freepik (not the actual photo) Report

    Multa Nocte
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do love when the photo has the usual disclaimer under it, such as this one does [TheRitualMaster,EyeEm/Freepik (not the actual photo)] because it's as if they want to make sure that we are not disappointed that there isn't an actual photograph showing people with the plague in 1348.

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    #15

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real The complete and total overk**l of Grigori Rasputin.

    anonymous:

    Overk**l??? if they hadn't thrown him into the river rolled into a rug with his hands restrained (which he got out of (although thats just a theory)) after poisoning him with 5 times the poison to k**l a regular man (which he complained of an upset stomach) and then sh**ting him 4 times. I dont think it was too overkill. seemed to be just right for that legendary man.

    1136678 , Unknown Report

    Janissary35680
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎵🎶Rah! Rah! Rasputin! Russia's Greatest Love Machine! They put some poison into his wine.🎶🎵

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    #16

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real The Winter War. Stalin was paranoid about a potential attack from the Northwest, so he decided to try and take the snowy nation of Finland, and suffered heavy casualties. Finland eventually signed a ceasefire and lost some territory, but the USSR lost roughly 300,000 men, compared to the Finn's 65,000.

    anon , Military Museum Report

    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    History would never repeat itself, would it? Would it....?

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    #17

    Ancient wooden bucket with metal handle displayed in a glass case representing iconic bruh moments in history. The War of the Bucket. There was a long standing tension between rival cities and eventually some thought it would be brilliant to steal a single oak bucket from the center of the city. When the city threatened war unless the bucket was returned, they laughed it off. This caused a war where hundreds d**d. The victors still have the bucket on display in their city.

    Scholar_Erasmus , AStolenSweetroll Report

    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK, so who won? The thieves or the original bucket owners?

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    #18

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real When Ronald Reagan was giving a speech in Berlin and a very loud balloon popped. Everyone thought it was a gunshot and he had the nerve to say “you missed me”.

    hanton44 , U.S. Department of Defense Report

    Auntriarch
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good retort though. I sometimes say it when my brother farts

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    #19

    Engraving of a historical plague doctor wearing a beaked mask and long robe, representing weird and iconic bruh moments. The Bubonic Plague was a magnitude 10 bruh moment.

    DankkaM:

    "Let's go into one building to pray this horrible epidemic stops. And take your family too, because in a church theres always room for people to get infected"

    13letternames , University of California Libraries Report

    Francois
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually smarter people e.g. educated nobles in those days knew it spreads by contact with other peoples and often fled to country side; possibly aid the speed the plague spread. If you are poor of course you don't have that luxury.

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    #20

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real **This war is the last war of mankind it will end the other wars**

    and then ww2 happened.

    anon , EyeEm/Freepik (not the actual photo) Report

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The War to end all wars just started the next big conflict, kinda ironic

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    #21

    Historical battle scene with soldiers and flags, illustrating weird and iconic bruh moments from history. That one time that one army split up to flank the enemy army and ended up attacking itself.

    ppcsptr:

    The battle of Karánsebes.

    peridyy , National Library of Portugal Report

    Frank
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "the one time"? Numerous old-time and modern-time battles include "friendly fire"....

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    #22

    Portrait of a historical figure in military uniform representing a weird and iconic bruh moment in history. Napoleon I coming back to conquer Europe after he already got defeated. Then he immediately got defeated again.

    just-a-basic-human , Jacques-Louis David Report

    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amusingly, the train from Paris to London was originally planned to stop at Waterloo. The French were not amused, apparently. That's why it goes to St Pancras.

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    #23

    Large historic passenger ship docked at port with smoke rising from chimneys in iconic bruh moments in history The sinking of the Titanic.

    ph_uck_yu:

    “This boat is unsinkable.” The irony of it sinking on its first trip out is both hilarious and devastating.

    Daylight_The_Furry , 20th Century Studios UK Report

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think calling a ship unsinkable is bad luck, the Yamato certainly wasn't either

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    #24

    Ancient men in togas with swords facing a man in a toga with a red sash in an iconic bruh moment in history. "Et tu, Bruhte?".

    Saint_Schlonginus , William Holmes Sullivan Report

    Pedantic Panda
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least Cesar died surrounded by his friends...

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    #25

    Black and white portrait of a bearded man in formal attire representing iconic bruh moments in history. President Garfield’s d**th.

    He was shot in an assassination attempt. The bullet didn’t hit anything important and he would have lived if not for the infection he got from all the dirty fingers trying to dig the bullet out. I guess soap didn’t exist back then.

    givemetoes , Library of Congress Report

    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Soap existed. An understanding of the importance of Hygiene in medicine was in very short supply, however.

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    #26

    Gothic church interior with stained glass windows and wooden pews, illustrating historic bruh moments in history. When three dudes claimed to be pope and all got excommunicated.

    sexykoi69 , wirestock/Freepik (not the actual photo) Report

    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Western Schism (1378–1417). After the Papacy had a long stay in Avignone for political motives that is too long to explain here, Gregory XI moved back to Rome, despite he feared being killed by his enemies. To no one's surprise, he was pretty soon killed by his enemies. A new pope, Urban VI was elected in Rome, but he was quite a character and pissed off everybody within minutes. The conclave then claimed they got this wrong and elected a new one, Clement VII, who took seat back in Avignon. So, for about 50 years there were to separate lines: Roman Popes (4 in total) and Avignon Antipopes (two). Cardinals called a council in Pisa, and deposed both the popes, replacing them with the newly elected Alexander V, who had a mild case of sudden death and was replaced by John XXIII. The three excommunicated each other.

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    #27

    Aerial view of an ancient circular amphitheater surrounded by trees representing iconic bruh moments in history. Pompeii when Vesuvius became active. They had just fixed the earthquake damage on the buildings and were ready to get the plastering teams in. Worse day in the building industry ever.

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    BrunoVI
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silly AI: showing us a Pink Floyd concert instead of a volcano. (ICYMI, just before Pink Floyd was marketed to America, they held a "concert" in the arena pictured. Even though there were no attendees, it was considered a masterful live performance and helped launch their mega-stardom.)

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    #28

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real Chernobyl. I watched the series recently and it was intense.

    kandicrushh , wirestock/Freepik Report

    Sofia
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a chain of errors and bad decisions added to a reactor insecure by project

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    #29

    America during the War of 1812 invading Canada and ending up getting the white house burnt down.

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    Lady Eowyn
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not burnt down. A rainstorm stopped there being significant damage. It became the White House after that incident because of the white paint used to cover the soot marks.

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    #30

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real When the nomadic Hungarian tribes arrived to Europe to settle down they had a meeting with the inhabitants of the land of present Hungary where they asked for a gourd of water, some grass and a pile of dirt in exchange of a beautiful white horse, a saddle and a golden reins.

    The inhabitants accepted the trade and the next day the Hungarian armies proceeded to conquer the lands, because "they agreed to it" by accepting the exchange.

    Marmot300 , EyeEm/Freepik (not the actual photo) Report

    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As you can easily guess, this is a legend and not an historical event. The original myth frame the trade of the horse as an exchange for "grass, water and soil", and is reported in one semi-mythical XII century chronicle (later picked up by a second but it's derivative), written three centuries later. Actual contemporary historiae and annals make no mention of the exchange, and recount the invasion as just a bunch of nomadic incursions later turned into occupation. There is a major anachronism in the original legend, that features king Svatopluk I of Moravia as the ruler who accepted the deal: He was already dead by about three decades by the time the Hungarian tribes showed up at the border for the first time.

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    #31

    "A Magnitude 10 'Bruh' Moment": 42 Insane History Moments That Don't Seem Real When whatshisface returned to Roanoke and found absolutely nothing but a word carved into a tree.

    anon , William Ludwell Sheppard,William James Linton Report

    Ravenkbh
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "whatshisface"? research can be so hard!!!

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    #32

    Stone statue of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh with headdress, representing a weird and iconic bruh moment in history. There was a kingdom who recently got a new king who was about 17 years old (still a teenager). There was another empire they were fighting on another side of this massive rock. There were two ways to get around the rock: through (there was a ravine but you would get easily ambushed and slaughtered) or around the rock. The kings military advisor advised him to go around the rock because the enemy surely would be ready with arrows to ambush their army. The naive king ignored him and decided to go through the ravine. It turns out that the enemy thought that the king would go around the rock so they also went that way too and they both completely missed each other.

    EDIT: I am pretty sure that it was Thutmose III who was an Egyptian pharaoh in the battle of Megiddo.

    Lone_Digger123 , Chipdawes Report

    #33

    Black and white photo of chaotic historical scene showing men in vintage uniforms and civilian clothes during a bruh moment in history. Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived an assassination attempt but, later that day, his driver took a wrong turn on their way to the hospital to visit wounded citizens from the attack. They drove past another assassin having a snack at an outdoor cafe. Needless to say he did a better job than the first guy. RIP Europe.

    Edit: Bruh, some of the details are incorrect I.E they made it to the hospital and then we’re returning home, Princip wasn’t eating a sammich, etc. The gist remains the same.

    Also, I am well aware WW1 would have occurred anyways but this assassination was the spark that lit the tinderbox.

    wontwothreefore , The State Archives of Serbia Report

    KatWitch57
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We, in Europe, are still thriving, thanks.

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    #34

    The japanese attacking pearl harbor. The germans must've been like bruh.

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    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one twisted Germany's arm to force them to declare war on the US a day or two later.

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    #35

    Italian flag waving against clear blue sky representing a weird and iconic bruh moment in history. Italy changing teams in both world wars.

    apo_rod , riccarduska/Freepik Report

    Heffalump
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In WWI Italy didn't change sides: while it was part of the Triple Alliance (a defensive pact), nothing in the pact required them to take part in the war, and in fact the Austrians behaved in a way that breached the terms of the agreement. Italy remained neutral for the first year, then came in on the allied side. It didn't change sides.

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    #36

    Can't remember the name of the operation (EDIT : Starfish Prime, 1962), but that time the US decided to detonate one of their biggest nukes in the upper stratosphere to see what it would do to the Earth's magnetic field, without even considering just simulating it.

    They almost tore the whole thing off the planet, and ended up adding a new magnetic layer to the field. They almost killed everything on Earth by doing stupid s**t with their nukes. Bruh.

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    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The second part is unnecessarily overdramatic, the result was just a bunch of early satellites' electronics being fried. But yeah, "let's try and see" was pretty much the go-to experimental approach of US scientists in the 1950s and 1960s, especially the ones working on atomics. TBF, there was no way of "simulating" it, they were missing so many data that trying was the only way of getting some numbers for the boffins to try and make sense of the whole thing.

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    #37

    I'm surprised no ones said it but the Falklands war. It's so petty, the UK didn't even know of the invasion until "Argentine sources" told them of it and then it was essentially over as soon as the UK responded.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, we took a few days to get our boats over there, and one did get hit.

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    #38

    When Alexander Hamilton said to Thomas Jefferson

    # "There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language and I could not string together a sentence to explain how much I want to hit you with a chair.".

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's easy, look: "Bruh. You need a high five. In the face. With a chair."

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    #39

    The way Alexander the Great d**d. He basically partied too hard and dropped.

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    #40

    The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 produced two major “bruh moments.”

    The Battle of Isandlwana first: the British enter Zululand with the same arrogance and sureness of their imperial superiority they were renowned for. They camp under the rock formation at Isandlwana. The Zulus light a fire some distance away, and Lord Chelmsford, the commander, takes half of his force to investigate. While he’s gone, two patrols go up a mountain and see an army of 10,000 Zulus hiding behind it. They panic, and fire at them. The Zulus let out a cry of “USUTHU!” and storm the camp using their “Horns of the Buffalo” tactic. The British are decisively defeated.

    All of this under a rare Blood Moon.

    The very next day, one of the “horns” of the buffalo make their way to the field hospital at Rorke’s Drift. They attack. But the British soldiers guarding the place put up a tough resistance. Less than 150 soldiers manage to repel an attack of 4000 Zulu troops - most of it in Close Quarters Combat, where the Zulus have an advantage due to their shields, clubs and assegai spears, with a loss of 17 British and 351 Zulu.

    By the end of the battle, the Zulus were singing a song and dance to salute their opponents for their well-fought battle.

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    Auntriarch
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just so OP knows, the films Zulu and Zulu Dawn are not documentaries.

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    #41

    Constantinople fell because a group of byzantine soldiers accidentally left a small door called the kerkoporta open, which allowed a group of 50 ottoman soldiers to gain entry into the city and raise their flag, that caused mass panic in the defenders and made them retreat. All of this subsequently led to the fall of the city and with it, the Byzantine Empire.

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    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another story that is far more legend than history. Originated from a single source, the Doukas Memories (1460 circa); Doukas was not an eyewitness and his retelling often include moralizing stories and religious parables in the Byzantine tradition. Neither of the historical sources, including Nicolò Barbaro (a Venetian historian that was in the city, took part in the siege defense and led a daring escape) and Leonardo Giustiniani (a Dominican who acted as Papal delegate in the city, was captured and wrote a detailed report to the Pope), make mention of this "kerkoporta". Historians reported how the city fell from the pressure of weeks of constant bombardment, with a few thousand remaining defenders against 10 to 15 times as much besiegers, in a city without any supplies left; they write about how the city fell after a whole day of ferocious fighting that claimed the life of the emperor himself fighting in the battle inside the walls.

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    #42

    The Great Depression.

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    #43

    When Columbus found out he had discovered native Americans, not "Indians", after calling them that for a while.

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    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He never found out. By the time he died, he was pretty sure they were not Indians-from-india but he was still trying to figure out which specific tribe of Asians he met. His letters from the last voyage go into this, and show he already realized that culture, language, and geography did not match known descriptions of Asiatic populations, but he was still convinced he arrived SOMEWHERE in Asia. There is a single letter in his Fourth Voyage stating that "I have come to the conclusion that these lands are not part of the Indies, but may be new lands unknown to the world", but is later glossed over in following public writings.

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    #44

    Thermopylae, according to the Persians.

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    nottheactualphoto
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a young man from Thermopylae / Who never did anything properly

    #45

    Historical drawing of a ship and boats depicting a weird and iconic bruh moment in history on water. The Boston Tea Party was a huge bruh moment.

    Especially when they started to sweep the decks of the boats after yeeting the tea overboard, certified bruh moment.

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    #46

    Black and white portraits of two men in early 20th century attire representing weird and iconic bruh moments in history. Wright Brothers: Hmm, these flying machines could be a hit, let's learn more about em.
    Gustave Whitehead: Sup dudes, what do you think of my sweet as plane?
    WB: Hot d**n son, it's cool as hell. Give us a look at them schematics.
    GW: Sure, I'm super pumped when people are interested in this stuff.

    *four years later*

    WB: Check it out world, we flew first! In this plane we invented.
    GW: BRRRRUH, not cool, you know I did this first.
    WB: Oh hey GW, if you wanna keep making planes, I mean uh *start* making planes you better pay up, cuz we own the patent.
    GW: *BRUH INTENSIFIES*.

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    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even taking Whitehead claims at face value, Clément Ader did the same a decade before. In both cases, while they flew for a few meters, they had no means to control the direction. The Wright Flyer hold the distinction for the first 1) Manned 2) heavier than air 3) powered and 4) CONTROLLED aircraft. Manned has been dealt with since the Montgolfier brothers (1783). Heavier than air was 1853 with George Cayley's gliders. Powered was Adler in 1890. The big deal was everything being controlled.

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    #47

    “Go to the back”

    “bruh”- Rosa Parks.

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    Roxy222uk
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She had to move so that a white man didn’t have to sit on the same *row* as her. Too many people tell each other she was expected to give him her seat, but it is important to remember the level of pettiness the whole thing comes down to.

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    #48

    "Los últimos de Filipinas"; Soldiers besieged in a small catholic mission during the war between Spain and Philippines (and later USA too), being told the war is over and to get the f**k out, they thought it was a trap to make them leave the fortified positions, and stood their ground besieged in there for over a year after the war officially ended.

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    #49

    When the King George II, after issuing coins commemorating the sure victory of Admiral Vernon with 250 ships and 25.000+ men against the Spanish defenders of Cartagena de Indias with 6 ships and 3.400 men (600 of those native archers), got the news that Vernon had, in fact, lost.

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    #50

    When the Mongols tried to invade Japan but d**d in a tornado, after they tried to invade Japan but d**d in a tornado.

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    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hence the "Divine Wind" (Kamikaze), or so the legend goes.

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    #51

    Ancient ruler seated on throne holding a staff, representing weird and iconic bruh moments in history. When Khosrau I of the Sassanid Empire literally built an exact, better version of Antioch just to show off to the Byzantines.

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    Bill Swallow
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Well, if it was *better*, then it wasn't *exact*, now, innit?"

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    #52

    1. Assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson where assassin tried to sh**t Jackson from close quarters, but the powder didn’t light, so he grabbed a second gun, and it didn’t fire so Jackson took his cane and started beating the man.

    2. The term “getting the ball rolling” came from William Henry Harrison’s campaign. After which, he won (mainly because he was the only candidate who didn’t say anything about slavery) and he gave the longest inaugural speech in us history without a coat... in dc... in the rain. Ended up catching some disease and died like a month into his term, leaving John Tyler as president who did practically nothing to reduce tensions between the north and south.

    3. Sumner Brooks affair.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    #2. So the story told at the time went. Modern historians think his symptoms were much closer to typhoid fever. Washington had no sewage system at the time, and many in the White House got sick that year from drinking contaminated water. But the speech theory makes for a better story. Also the phrase "get the ball rolling" is connected to Harrison's campaign, but it was already a popular phrase, and had nothing to do with his death. The phrase came out of 18th century sports columns in news papers. Harrison ran in 1840. His campaign chanted the phrase "keep the balls rolling" as a metaphor for continued American success.

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    #53

    The e*******n of Topsy the elephant. In 1903 Topsy the elephant was fed cyanide, and then electrocuted and simultaneously hung. The whole spectacle was filmed for Edison's campaign against AC.

    anonymous:

    Edison's involvement is actually an urban myth. The electrocution took place a decade after the so called "War of Currents" and Edison had almost nothing to do with it.
    The event was filmed by a company that he owned, and the film was sold via penny viewer, but wikipedia makes it sound like it was an opportunistic filming, rather than set up by them.

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    #54

    The US losing the Vietnam War.
    “Bruh” *Fortunate Son intensifies*.

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    #55

    When the chicxulub impact happened.

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    Lady Eowyn
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Chicxulub crater, located on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, is a significant impact site formed by a massive asteroid collision approximately 66 million years ago, which is widely believed to have contributed to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

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    #56

    2012 - the end of the world...... Didn't happen. I'm still alive.

    Bruhhhh.

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    David Paterson
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of these days I'd like to make a list of apocalypses that didn't happen. Starting with the prediction that the opening of the Suez canal would destroy all Mediterranean countries.

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    #57

    The Challenger explosion.

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    crashthegreenhat
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    1 month ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    100% preventable. Engineers who knew it was a danger warned the higher ups, but the bean counters did not want to spend the money to delay the launch again. Then things like that never happened again after than (*coughcough* Oceansgate *couchcouch*)

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    #58

    The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact being broken.

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    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a lot of background to it, and -as usual- the blame is squarely on the British. Stalin had repeatedly reached out to western powers offering mutual assistance. He was ignored because at the time Communism was a touchy subject on the west, with workers' revolts going on and vocal communist parties popping up right left and center: most western governments took a "no contact" policy, deciding to cut any diplomatic activity with Russia. When Litvinov and Molotov on Stalin's orders came knocking on Britain's and France's consulate doors they were met with stalling, distrust and an endless slew of meetings with officers without any decision power. Stalin terms were unexpectedly reasonable: Mutual assistance against Germany, guarantees of independence for Poland, Romania and Baltic States (well, he had a plan to snatch them later on but...). Britain and France at some point sent to an agreed meeting to sign the deal the umpteenth diplomat who had no signing powers, Stalin snapped.

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    #59

    Black and white portrait of an elderly man with a mustache, reflecting on weird and iconic bruh moments in history. When Otto von Bismarck predicted WWI, almost to the day.

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    Bailey
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is a myth. There is no evidence of him having said it, and the first time there is evidence of anything like it being mentioned is in a dubious reference in the 1920s

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    #60

    Animated characters from The Emoji Movie with expressive faces depicting weird and iconic bruh moments in history. The emoji movie.

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    Roxy222uk
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Describing how bad that film is is beyond words

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    #61

    Large wooden horse being pulled by a crowd in an ancient city, depicting a weird and iconic bruh moment in history. Troy.
    Accepting a giant wood horse as a gift, and then having your city taken over by soldiers in the horse.
    I need not say more.

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    Jrog
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not again... It's a mistranslation. There was no "wood horse". The "Hyppus" was a type of greek/phoenician cargo ship. The retreating army left, leaving all the unnecessary equipment on the shore. The Troians pillaged these stuff (remember the US troops leaving afghanistan, same thing). Soldiers were hidden in the large boat, came out at night and attacked the city while celebrations were ongoing.

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    #62

    Romulus k**ling Remus for the naming rights of Rome.

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    azubi
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tbf, "Reme" wouldn't sound half as good.

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    #63

    Maggie Thatcher going on national TV to say categorically that the UK will not employ atomic weapons against Argentina, as our 1 week from retirement Nuclear bomber which just flew 3000 miles across the Atlantic nailed the Port Stanley airfield.

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    Jrog
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bit more complicated than this. Read about Operation Black Buck. It took a fleet of planes to achieve this, and it was mostly a show of force to the public opinion to bolster Thatcher failing image.

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    #64

    When Italians fought the ancient Romans for citizenship, and lost, then being granted citizenship in the aftermath.

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    Michael Largey
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you can't join 'em, get beaten by them.

    #65

    Petri dish showing antibiotic resistance zones as a weird and iconic bruh moment in history science experiment. Would have to be the invention of the first antibiotic.

    And parting the red sea..you could just hear the pause and then someone deep in the crowd going.."Bruh....".

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    David Paterson
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The real "bruh" moment of the invention of penicillin was Mary finding a cantaloupe in the local markets that was full of penicillin. All commercial penicillin is descended from her find.

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    #66

    Probably that time in WW1 where a French general used classical conditioning to trick a bunch of German soldiers into wearing gas masks when there was no gas and instead a full French a*****t.

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    Roxy222uk
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Garlic, butter, double cream, jus, the whole nine yards

    #67

    A tiny little country from Europe colonized some pretty big countries of the modern world. That was the bruh moment for me.

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    #68

    World War I soldiers in trench with weapons, representing one of the weird and iconic bruh moments in history. World War I. Literally fought over petty s**t and accomplished nothing. Oh, and pissed Germany off enough to start another war 21 years later.

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    Ace
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The same "Petty s**t" is still very much alive and well and killing people every day in Ukraine.

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    #69

    Alexander the Great, one of the single-most powerful generals of the ancient era who conquered d**n near the entire Middle East, being taken out by some random disease.

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    #70

    Also when in WW2 Germany was stuck in Russia because of the winter, but because the Russians were experts of the cold, they retaliated and kicked the Germans out of Russia.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As they had the French, previously. They're used to it.

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    #71

    Club Penguin going down.

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    #72

    Idk what people's beliefs are but the story of Adam and Eve, whether it's real or not. I mean I know it's not a historical event but these two people had one f*****g job and they both messed it up. Like wtf.

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    KatWitch57
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's important to remember that the bible was written by mortal men about their version of God, not written by God for men.

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    #73

    When the british backup arrived before the french and they stood there for like 5 hours rubbing it in their faces.

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    Jrog
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cannot make sense of this. Either is a very minor and unconsequential local event, or it's badly explained to the point of being cryptic. Either way OP failed hard.

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    #74

    Half of the country when Hillary Clinton didn’t get elected president. My favorite bruh moment of all history.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a bit stunned that Hillary was the best they could put up. Then Joe. Then Kamala. *facepalm*

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