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    The dancing plague of 1518, or dance epidemic of 1518 (French: Épidémie dansante de 1518), was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace...
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    Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St. John's Dance, tarantism and St. Vitus' Dance) was a social phenomenon that may have had biological...
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    transit of Venus occurs. July – Dancing plague of 1518: A case of dancing mania breaks out in Strasbourg, in which many people die from constant dancing. August...
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    multiple sources about the dancing mania (also known as the dancing plague, choreomania, St. John's dance, St. Vitus' dance or tarantism), an epidemic...
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    Ergotism (category Toxic effect of noxious substances eaten as food)
    while ergot from the west caused epidemics of gangrenous ergotism. Dancing plague of 1518 Great Fear of 1789 Piquemal R, Emmerich J, Guilmot JL, Fiessinger...
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  • Bank fainting epidemic Dancing plague of 1518 Salem witch trials Spring Heeled Jack "How a Soap Opera Virus Felled Hundreds of Students in Portugal"....
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    alongside a music video. "Inspiration came from two sources: the dancing plague of 1518, which is a fascinating story in itself, and an engagement with...
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    Black Death (redirect from Black Plague)
    The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as...
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    (Description of Africa), is captured by Spanish pirates; he is taken to Rome and presented to Pope Leo X. 1518: The dancing plague of 1518 begins in Strasbourg...
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  • to 1630. Dancing plague of 1518 – a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518 wherein...
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