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1518 Dancing Plague

The dancing plague of 1518 was a strange phenomenon that occurred in Strasbourg, which was then part of the Holy Roman Empire (now France). In the summer of 1518, a woman named Frau Troffea began dancing in the streets and continued for days without rest. Soon, more people joined her, and within a month, there were around 400 people dancing uncontrollably in the city.