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Outbreak Onset
- When
- July 1518
- Where
- Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire
Frau Troffea and her daughter began uncontrollable dancing in a Strasbourg street in July 1518.
The event started when Frau Troffea and her daughter Fräulein Emma Götz began to dance fervently and uncontrollably in a street in Strasbourg. This marked the beginning of the dancing plague, which would spread to others over the following weeks.
Sources
- Dancing plague of 1518 Wikipedia
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