diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48d13b1..adc9dd4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ it's just targetting Deno as a runtime (Typescript, URL imports, fetch, etc).
     * For a full example of metrics submission, see `examples/emit-metrics.ts`
 * `v1Monitors`: get by id, get all, search by query
 * `v1ServiceChecks`: submit 'check run' statuses to Datadog
+* `v1Events`: submit events to Datadog
 * `v1UsageMetering`: get billable summary, get top custom metrics
 * `v2Roles`: list and describe roles & permissions
 * `v2Users`: list, search, and describe datadog users
diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
index 5059db6..b03c839 100644
--- a/mod.ts
+++ b/mod.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import v1MonitorsApi from "./v1/monitors.ts";
 import v1ServiceChecksApi from "./v1/service_checks.ts";
 export {CheckStatus} from './v1/service_checks.ts';
 import v1UsageMeteringApi from "./v1/usage_metering.ts";
+import v1EventsApi from "./v1/events.ts";
 
 import v2RolesApi from "./v2/roles.ts";
 import v2UsersApi from "./v2/users.ts";
@@ -66,6 +67,15 @@ export default class DatadogApi extends ApiClient {
     return new v1ServiceChecksApi(this);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The events API allows you to post events to Datadog.
+   * Event titles are limited to 100 characters.
+   * Event text are limited to 4000 characters.
+   */
+  get v1Events(): v1EventsApi {
+    return new v1EventsApi(this);
+  }
+
   /**
    * The usage metering API allows you to get hourly, daily, and monthly usage
    * across multiple facets of Datadog.
diff --git a/v1/events.ts b/v1/events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd4cc89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1/events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+type TODO = unknown;
+
+// Common API client contract
+interface ApiClient {
+  fetchJson(opts: {
+    method: "GET" | "POST";
+    path: string;
+    query?: URLSearchParams;
+    body?: unknown;
+  }): Promise<unknown>;
+}
+
+export default class DatadogEventsApi {
+  #api: ApiClient;
+  constructor(api: ApiClient) {
+    this.#api = api;
+  }
+
+  async submit(data: Event): Promise<string> {
+    const json = await this.#api.fetchJson({
+      path: `/api/v1/events`,
+      method: "POST",
+      body: {
+        text: data.text,
+        title: data.title,
+        aggregation_key: data.aggregation_key,
+        alert_type: data.alert_type,
+        date_happened: data.date_happened
+          ? Math.floor(data.date_happened.valueOf() / 1000)
+          : undefined,
+        device_name: data.device_name,
+        host: data.host,
+        priority: data.priority,
+        related_event_id: data.related_event_id,
+        source_type_name: data.source_type_name,
+        tags: data.tags ?? [],
+      },
+    });
+    return (json as { status: string }).status;
+  }
+}
+
+export interface Event {
+  /** max length: 4000 **/
+  text: string;
+  /** max length: 100 **/
+  title: string;
+  aggregation_key?: string;
+  alert_type?: AlertType;
+  date_happened?: Date;
+  device_name?: string;
+  host?: string;
+  priority?: "normal" | "low";
+  related_event_id?: number;
+  source_type_name?: string;
+  tags?: Array<string>;
+}
+
+export type AlertType =
+  | "error"
+  | "warning"
+  | "info"
+  | "success"
+  | "user_update"
+  | "recommendation"
+  | "snapshot";