It was on this date in 1607 that a small band of English settlers landed in Virginia and would eventually go onto establish a colony at Jamestown. And it was on this date in 1835 that Frederic Chopin premiered his
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in Paris.
Mark Pennell sits at the helm of his time machine.Mark's Almanac is a 90-second time travel that highlights the world's history from the very serious to the sometimes sublime.
Mark's Almanac for April 26, 2021
![A photo of a reenactor at Jamestown, Virginia.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/17d222a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1081x860+0+0/resize/880x700!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F40%2F83%2F54d9d52d4c9d927fbdc2b73e9e02%2Fiiif-service-pnp-highsm-12800-12848-full-pct-25-0-default.jpg)
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