diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a4118a28..95988e12 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@
       const paddedMonth = month.padStart(2, "0");
       return `${paddedYear}-${paddedMonth}`;
     };
+    static getISODateString = (year, month, date) => {
+      const monthString = _CalendarModel.getMonthString(year, month);
+      const paddedDate = date.padStart(2, "0");
+      return `${monthString}-${paddedDate}`;
+    };
   };
 
   // src/colors.ts
@@ -1582,7 +1587,7 @@
     selectedTaskViewModel = new State(void 0);
     taskViewModels = new MapState();
     // methods
-    createTask = (boardId) => {
+    createTaskFromBoardId = (boardId) => {
       const taskFileContent = this.boardsAndTasksModel.createTask(boardId);
       const taskViewModel = new TaskViewModel(
         this.coreViewModel,
@@ -1656,6 +1661,23 @@
     selectedMonth = new State(0);
     selectedDate = new State(0);
     monthGrid = new State(void 0);
+    // methods
+    createEvent = () => {
+      const taskFileContent = this.boardsAndTasksModel.createTask("events");
+      taskFileContent.date = CalendarModel.getISODateString(
+        this.selectedYear.value.toString(),
+        this.selectedMonth.value.toString(),
+        this.selectedDate.value.toString()
+      );
+      const taskViewModel = new TaskViewModel(
+        this.coreViewModel,
+        this.boardsAndTasksModel,
+        this,
+        taskFileContent
+      );
+      this.selectTask(taskViewModel);
+      this.updateTaskIndices();
+    };
     // view
     getTaskMapState = (taskFileContent) => {
       if (this.monthGrid.value == null) return null;
@@ -1997,6 +2019,9 @@
       this.close();
     };
     // methods
+    createTask = () => {
+      this.createTaskFromBoardId(this.boardInfo.fileId);
+    };
     handleDropWithinBoard = (category, status) => {
       const draggedObject = this.coreViewModel.draggedObject.value;
       if (draggedObject instanceof TaskViewModel == false) return;
@@ -2522,7 +2547,9 @@
         yearInputPlaceholder: "2000",
         monthInputPlaceholder: "01",
         ///
-        searchEventsHeadline: "Search Events"
+        searchEventsHeadline: "Search Events",
+        ///
+        events: "Events"
       }
     }
   };
@@ -2792,7 +2819,8 @@
       "button",
       {
         class: "ghost",
-        "aria-label": translations.chatPage.task.createTaskButtonAudioLabel
+        "aria-label": translations.chatPage.task.createTaskButtonAudioLabel,
+        "on:click": calendarPageViewModel.createEvent
       },
       /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, "add")
     ))), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("div", { class: "content", "children:set": mainContent }))), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
diff --git a/src/Model/Files/calendarModel.ts b/src/Model/Files/calendarModel.ts
index b5270118..50126694 100644
--- a/src/Model/Files/calendarModel.ts
+++ b/src/Model/Files/calendarModel.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ export default class CalendarModel {
     const paddedMonth: string = month.padStart(2, "0");
     return `${paddedYear}-${paddedMonth}`;
   };
+
+  static getISODateString = (year: string, month: string, date: string): string => {
+    const monthString: string = CalendarModel.getMonthString(year, month);
+    const paddedDate: string = date.padStart(2, "0");
+    return `${monthString}-${paddedDate}`;
+  };
 }
 
 export enum CalendarModelSubPaths {
diff --git a/src/View/ChatPages/calendarPage.tsx b/src/View/ChatPages/calendarPage.tsx
index 9fae6032..11e23bea 100644
--- a/src/View/ChatPages/calendarPage.tsx
+++ b/src/View/ChatPages/calendarPage.tsx
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ export function CalendarPage(calendarPageViewModel: CalendarPageViewModel) {
                 aria-label={
                   translations.chatPage.task.createTaskButtonAudioLabel
                 }
+                on:click={calendarPageViewModel.createEvent}
               >
                 <span class="icon">add</span>
               </button>
diff --git a/src/View/translations.ts b/src/View/translations.ts
index e71b4e07..d005b73b 100644
--- a/src/View/translations.ts
+++ b/src/View/translations.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@ const englishTranslations = {
 
       ///
 
-      searchEventsHeadline: "Search Events"
+      searchEventsHeadline: "Search Events",
+
+      ///
+
+      events: "Events",
     },
   },
 };
diff --git a/src/ViewModel/Pages/boardViewModel.ts b/src/ViewModel/Pages/boardViewModel.ts
index 34419046..8d9160c4 100644
--- a/src/ViewModel/Pages/boardViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/ViewModel/Pages/boardViewModel.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import BoardsAndTasksModel, {
 
 import { Color } from "../../colors";
 import CoreViewModel from "../Global/coreViewModel";
-import { IndexManager } from "../../Model/Utility/utility";
 import StorageModel from "../../Model/Global/storageModel";
 import TaskContainingPageViewModel from "./taskContainingPageViewModel";
 import TaskPageViewModel from "./taskPageViewModel";
@@ -69,6 +68,10 @@ export default class BoardViewModel extends TaskContainingPageViewModel {
   };
 
   // methods
+  createTask = (): void => {
+    this.createTaskFromBoardId(this.boardInfo.fileId);
+  }
+
   handleDropWithinBoard = (category?: string, status?: string): void => {
     const draggedObject: any = this.coreViewModel.draggedObject.value;
     if (draggedObject instanceof TaskViewModel == false) return;
diff --git a/src/ViewModel/Pages/calendarPageViewModel.ts b/src/ViewModel/Pages/calendarPageViewModel.ts
index cf0e92b5..cb4daec7 100644
--- a/src/ViewModel/Pages/calendarPageViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/ViewModel/Pages/calendarPageViewModel.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,27 @@ export default class CalendarPageViewModel extends TaskContainingPageViewModel {
   monthGrid: React.State<MonthGrid<React.MapState<TaskViewModel>> | undefined> =
     new React.State<any>(undefined);
 
+  // methods
+  createEvent = (): void => {
+    const taskFileContent: TaskFileContent =
+      this.boardsAndTasksModel.createTask("events");
+    taskFileContent.date = CalendarModel.getISODateString(
+      this.selectedYear.value.toString(),
+      this.selectedMonth.value.toString(),
+      this.selectedDate.value.toString()
+    );
+
+    const taskViewModel: TaskViewModel = new TaskViewModel(
+      this.coreViewModel,
+      this.boardsAndTasksModel,
+      this,
+      taskFileContent
+    );
+
+    this.selectTask(taskViewModel);
+    this.updateTaskIndices();
+  };
+
   // view
   getTaskMapState = (
     taskFileContent: TaskFileContent
@@ -70,7 +91,7 @@ export default class CalendarPageViewModel extends TaskContainingPageViewModel {
     const mapState: React.MapState<TaskViewModel> | null =
       this.getTaskMapState(taskFileContent);
     mapState?.set(taskFileContent.fileId, taskViewModel);
-    
+
     this.taskViewModels.set(taskFileContent.fileId, taskViewModel);
   };
 
diff --git a/src/ViewModel/Pages/taskContainingPageViewModel.ts b/src/ViewModel/Pages/taskContainingPageViewModel.ts
index 493da890..6debfbf0 100644
--- a/src/ViewModel/Pages/taskContainingPageViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/ViewModel/Pages/taskContainingPageViewModel.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default class TaskContainingPageViewModel {
   taskViewModels: React.MapState<TaskViewModel> = new React.MapState();
 
   // methods
-  createTask = (boardId: string): void => {
+  createTaskFromBoardId = (boardId: string): void => {
     const taskFileContent: TaskFileContent =
       this.boardsAndTasksModel.createTask(boardId);
     const taskViewModel: TaskViewModel = new TaskViewModel(