MySQL won't start - shuts down unexpectedly

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16:34:43 [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.
16:34:43 [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
16:34:43 [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
16:34:43 [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
16:34:43 [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
16:34:43 [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this
16:34:43 [mysql] entire log window on the forums

Apache starts up fine. This was working yesterday, but today not! I'm an almost total beginner with using Xampp, any pointers appreciated.

Here is what the error log file says:

2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] Starting MariaDB 10.4.28-MariaDB source revision c8f2e9a5c0ac5905f28b050b7df5a9ffd914b7e7 as process 7120
Cannot find checkpoint record at LSN (1,0x5582)
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [ERROR] mysqld.exe: Aria recovery failed. Please run aria_chk -r on all Aria tables and delete all aria_log.######## files
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' init function returned error.
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Uses event mutexes
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.12
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of pools: 1
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using SSE2 crc32 instructions
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, total size = 16M, instances = 1, chunk size = 16M
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: 128 out of 128 rollback segments are active.
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Creating shared tablespace for temporary tables
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file 'C:\xampp\mysql\data\ibtmp1' size to 12 MB. Physically writing the file full; Please wait ...
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: File 'C:\xampp\mysql\data\ibtmp1' size is now 12 MB.
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: 10.4.28 started; log sequence number 454618; transaction id 715
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] InnoDB: Loading buffer pool(s) from C:\xampp\mysql\data\ib_buffer_pool
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [ERROR] Could not open mysql.plugin table. Some plugins may be not loaded
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [ERROR] Failed to initialize plugins.
2023-05-02 16:34:41 0 [ERROR] Aborting

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OP here, just like to add that I fixed the problem by reinstalling Xampp.