diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/span_data.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/span_data.h
index 2750ff8740..ffe1db1878 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/span_data.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/span_data.h
@@ -84,6 +84,33 @@ struct AttributeConverter
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Class for storing events in SpanData.
+ */
+class SpanDataEvent
+{
+public:
+  SpanDataEvent(std::string name, core::SystemTimestamp timestamp)
+      : name_(name), timestamp_(timestamp)
+  {}
+
+  /**
+   * Get the name for this event
+   * @return the name for this event
+   */
+  std::string GetName() const noexcept { return name_; }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the timestamp for this event
+   * @return the timestamp for this event
+   */
+  core::SystemTimestamp GetTimestamp() const noexcept { return timestamp_; }
+
+private:
+  std::string name_;
+  core::SystemTimestamp timestamp_;
+};
+
 /**
  * SpanData is a representation of all data collected by a span.
  */
@@ -147,6 +174,12 @@ class SpanData final : public Recordable
     return attributes_;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the events associated with this span
+   * @return the events associated with this span
+   */
+  const std::vector<SpanDataEvent> &GetEvents() const noexcept { return events_; }
+
   void SetIds(opentelemetry::trace::TraceId trace_id,
               opentelemetry::trace::SpanId span_id,
               opentelemetry::trace::SpanId parent_span_id) noexcept override
@@ -163,8 +196,7 @@ class SpanData final : public Recordable
 
   void AddEvent(nostd::string_view name, core::SystemTimestamp timestamp) noexcept override
   {
-    (void)name;
-    (void)timestamp;
+    events_.push_back(SpanDataEvent(std::string(name), timestamp));
   }
 
   void SetStatus(trace_api::CanonicalCode code, nostd::string_view description) noexcept override
@@ -192,6 +224,7 @@ class SpanData final : public Recordable
   opentelemetry::trace::CanonicalCode status_code_{opentelemetry::trace::CanonicalCode::OK};
   std::string status_desc_;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, SpanDataAttributeValue> attributes_;
+  std::vector<SpanDataEvent> events_;
   AttributeConverter converter_;
 };
 }  // namespace trace
diff --git a/sdk/test/trace/span_data_test.cc b/sdk/test/trace/span_data_test.cc
index 1bc231d294..41d7b2c670 100644
--- a/sdk/test/trace/span_data_test.cc
+++ b/sdk/test/trace/span_data_test.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ TEST(SpanData, DefaultValues)
   ASSERT_EQ(data.GetStartTime().time_since_epoch(), std::chrono::nanoseconds(0));
   ASSERT_EQ(data.GetDuration(), std::chrono::nanoseconds(0));
   ASSERT_EQ(data.GetAttributes().size(), 0);
+  ASSERT_EQ(data.GetEvents().size(), 0);
 }
 
 TEST(SpanData, Set)
@@ -49,4 +50,6 @@ TEST(SpanData, Set)
   ASSERT_EQ(data.GetStartTime().time_since_epoch(), now.time_since_epoch());
   ASSERT_EQ(data.GetDuration(), std::chrono::nanoseconds(1000000));
   ASSERT_EQ(opentelemetry::nostd::get<int64_t>(data.GetAttributes().at("attr1")), 314159);
+  ASSERT_EQ(data.GetEvents().at(0).GetName(), "event1");
+  ASSERT_EQ(data.GetEvents().at(0).GetTimestamp(), now);
 }