diff --git a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
index 8ce9194f20..4ba1ed559d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
@@ -766,6 +766,36 @@ declare global {
 }
 
 
+import {
+  Events as IonEvents
+} from './components/events/events';
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLIonEventsElement extends IonEvents, HTMLElement {
+  }
+  var HTMLIonEventsElement: {
+    prototype: HTMLIonEventsElement;
+    new (): HTMLIonEventsElement;
+  };
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "ion-events": HTMLIonEventsElement;
+  }
+  interface ElementTagNameMap {
+    "ion-events": HTMLIonEventsElement;
+  }
+  namespace JSX {
+    interface IntrinsicElements {
+      "ion-events": JSXElements.IonEventsAttributes;
+    }
+  }
+  namespace JSXElements {
+    export interface IonEventsAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
+      
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
 import {
   FabButton as IonFabButton
 } from './components/fab-button/fab-button';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/events/events.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/events/events.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc8aac8403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/events/events.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { Component, Listen, Method } from '@stencil/core';
+
+const subscriptions = new Map<string, ((event?: any) => void)[]>();
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'ion-events'
+})
+export class Events {
+
+  @Method()
+  subscribe(topic: string, handler: (event?: any) => void) {
+    const handlers = subscriptions.get(topic) || [];
+    handlers.push(handler);
+    subscriptions.set(topic, handlers);
+  }
+
+  @Method()
+  unsubscribe(topic: string, handler: (event?: any) => void) {
+    const handlers = subscriptions.get(topic) || [];
+    const newHandlers = handlers.filter(fun => fun !== handler);
+    subscriptions.set(topic, newHandlers);
+  }
+
+  @Method()
+  publish(topic: string, event?: any) {
+    return publishImpl(topic, event);
+  }
+
+  @Listen('window:online')
+  @Listen('window:offline')
+  @Listen('window:orientationchange')
+  online(event: Event) {
+   return publishImpl(`app:${event.type}`, event);
+  }
+
+  @Listen('window:statusTap')
+  statusTap(event: Event) {
+    console.log('TODO: Finish the status tap: ', event);
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
+}
+
+// make this method async just to give the browser a chance to chill and do what it needs to do before firing this off
+function publishImpl(topic: string, event: any): Promise<any> {
+  return Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+    const handlers = subscriptions.get(topic) || [];
+    for (const handler of handlers) {
+      handler(event);
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/events/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/events/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1265e44cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/events/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# ion-events
+
+
+
+<!-- Auto Generated Below -->
+
+
+## Methods
+
+#### publish()
+
+
+#### subscribe()
+
+
+#### unsubscribe()
+
+
+
+----------------------------------------------
+
+*Built by [StencilJS](https://stenciljs.com/)*
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/events/test/basic/e2e.js b/packages/core/src/components/events/test/basic/e2e.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68911239a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/events/test/basic/e2e.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { By, until } = require('selenium-webdriver');
+const { register, Page, platforms } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e');
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+
+class E2ETestPage extends Page {
+  constructor(driver, platform) {
+    super(driver, `http://localhost:3333/src/components/events/test/basic?ionicplatform=${platform}`);
+  }
+}
+
+platforms.forEach(platform => {
+  describe('events/basic', () => {
+
+    register('should init', driver => {
+      const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
+      return page.navigate();
+    });
+
+    register('subscribers should receive event on or shortly after button click', async (driver, testContext) => {
+
+      testContext.timeout(1000);
+      const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
+
+      // go to page two
+      const publishButtonSelector = 'ion-button.publish.hydrated';
+      const publishButton = await getElement(driver, publishButtonSelector);
+      publishButton.click();
+      await wait(300);
+
+      const secretOneElement = await getElement(driver, '.secret-one');
+      const secretOneText = await secretOneElement.getText();
+      expect(secretOneText).to.equal('Taco');
+
+      const secretTwoElement = await getElement(driver, '.secret-two');
+      const secretTwoText = await secretTwoElement.getText();
+      expect(secretTwoText).to.equal('Burrito');
+
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+async function getElement(driver, selector) {
+  driver.wait(until.elementLocated(By.css(selector)));
+  const element = driver.findElement(By.css(selector));
+  await driver.wait(until.elementIsVisible(driver.findElement(By.css(selector))));
+  return element;
+}
+
+function wait(duration) {
+  return new Promise(resolve => {
+    setTimeout(resolve, duration);
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/events/test/basic/index.html b/packages/core/src/components/events/test/basic/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7832eb3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/events/test/basic/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html dir="ltr">
+
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Events</title>
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, viewport-fit=cover">
+  <script src="/dist/ionic.js"></script>
+</head>
+
+<body onload="init()">
+  <ion-events></ion-events>
+  <ion-app>
+    <ion-page>
+      <ion-header>
+        <ion-toolbar>
+          <ion-title>Events</ion-title>
+        </ion-toolbar>
+      </ion-header>
+
+      <ion-content padding>
+
+        <div class="container">
+          <div>
+              The first secret is: <span class="secret-one">TBD</span>
+          </div>
+          <div>
+              The second secret is: <span class="secret-two">TBD</span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <ion-button class="publish">Publish the data</ion-button>
+      </ion-content>
+
+    </ion-page>
+  </ion-app>
+
+  <script>
+
+    async function runTest() {
+      const ionEvents = document.querySelector('ion-events');
+      await ionEvents.componentOnReady();
+
+      ionEvents.subscribe('secretOne', (secretOne) => {
+        const span = document.querySelector('.secret-one');
+        span.textContent = secretOne;
+      });
+
+      ionEvents.subscribe('secretTwo', (secretTwo) => {
+        const span = document.querySelector('.secret-two');
+        span.textContent = secretTwo;
+      });
+
+      const publishButton = document.querySelector('ion-button .publish');
+      publishButton.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+        await ionEvents.publish('secretOne', 'Taco');
+        await ionEvents.publish('secretTwo', 'Burrito');
+      });
+    }
+
+    function init() {
+      setTimeout(runTest(), 100);
+    }
+  </script>
+</body>
+
+</html>
diff --git a/packages/core/stencil.config.js b/packages/core/stencil.config.js
index c6e93dc8ea..0009c34041 100644
--- a/packages/core/stencil.config.js
+++ b/packages/core/stencil.config.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ exports.config = {
     { components: ['ion-checkbox'] },
     { components: ['ion-chip', 'ion-chip-button'] },
     { components: ['ion-datetime', 'ion-picker', 'ion-picker-column', 'ion-picker-controller'] },
+    { components: ['ion-events'] },
     { components: ['ion-fab', 'ion-fab-list'] },
     { components: ['ion-fab-button'] },
     { components: ['ion-gesture'], priority: 'low' },