The 1518 dancing plague of Strasbourg began when Frau Troffea stepped into the street and danced without stopping, drew as many as 400 townspeople into the mania, and later chronicles claimed some died before it ended on its own

In July 1518, a woman named Frau Troffea stepped into a Strasbourg street and began to dance. Within a month roughly 400 townspeople had joined her, and dozens died from exhaustion before the outbreak ended on its own. The post The 1518 dancing plague of Strasbourg began when Frau Troffea stepped into the street and danced without stopping, drew as many as 400 townspeople into the mania, and later chronicles claimed some died before it ended on its own appeared first on Space Daily .