diff --git a/rust_crud_api/src/models/events.rs b/rust_crud_api/src/models/events.rs
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+use crate::models::Event;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyRuntimeError;
+use postgres::{Client, NoTls};
+use chrono::{NaiveDate, NaiveTime, NaiveDateTime};
+
+fn pg_err(e: postgres::Error) -> PyErr {
+    PyRuntimeError::new_err(e.to_string())
+}
+
+/// Create a new event
+#[pyfunction]
+pub fn create_event(
+    db_url: &str,
+    title: &str,
+    description: Option<&str>,
+    location: &str,
+    date: &str,         // expected format: "YYYY-MM-DD"
+    time: &str,         // expected format: "HH:MM:SS"
+    created_by: i32,
+    group_id: Option<i32>
+) -> PyResult<()> {
+    let mut client = Client::connect(db_url, NoTls).map_err(pg_err)?;
+
+    let date_parsed = NaiveDate::parse_from_str(date, "%Y-%m-%d")
+        .map_err(|e| PyRuntimeError::new_err(format!("Invalid date: {}", e)))?;
+    let time_parsed = NaiveTime::parse_from_str(time, "%H:%M:%S")
+        .map_err(|e| PyRuntimeError::new_err(format!("Invalid time: {}", e)))?;
+
+    client.execute(
+        "
+        INSERT INTO events (title, description, location, date, time, created_by, group_id)
+        VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)
+        ",
+        &[&title, &description, &location, &date_parsed, &time_parsed, &created_by, &group_id]
+    ).map_err(pg_err)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
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