Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002
EAD Elements
<event> Event
Description:
That part of a Chronology List Item <chronitem> which describes or names something that happened. The <event> is paired with a <date> (a single date or date range) and can be grouped with other events in <eventgrp>, if multiple events need to be associated with the same <date>.
See related element Chronology List <chronlist>.
May contain:
#PCDATA, abbr, address, archref, bibref, blockquote, chronlist, corpname, date, emph, expan, extptr, extref, famname, function, genreform, geogname, lb, linkgrp, list, name, note, num, occupation, origination, persname, ptr, ref, repository, subject, table, title, unitdate, unittitle
May occur within:
chronitem, eventgrp
Attributes:
| ALTRENDER | #IMPLIED, CDATA |
| AUDIENCE | #IMPLIED, external, internal |
| ID | #IMPLIED, ID |
Example:
<bioghist>
<head>Biographical Note</head>
<chronlist>
<chronitem>
<date>1892, May 7</date>
<event>Born, <geogname>Glencoe, Ill.</geogname></event>
</chronitem>
<chronitem>
<date>1915</date>
<event>A.B., <corpname>Yale University, </corpname>New Haven, Conn.</event>
</chronitem>
<chronitem>
<date>1916</date>
<event>Married <persname>Ada Hitchcock</persname>
</event>
</chronitem>
<chronitem>
<date>1917-1919</date>
<event>Served in <corpname>United States Army</corpname></event>
</chronitem>
</chronlist>
</bioghist>