event

A significant occurrence or happening

Could be a
festival, ceremony, party, disaster.


Example

Cinderella

There are 9 main events in the story Cinderella.
1) Cinderella's mother died and her father married Cinderella's stepmother.
2) The stepmother made Cinderella do all the work while her she let her own children do fun things.
3) Cinderella's Fairy Godmother came to help her.  She changed a simple dress into a ball gown, mice into horsemen and a pumpkin into a carriage.
4) Cinderella went to the ball.
5) The clock struck 12 midnight!
6) Cinderella lost her slipper.
7) The prince looked for her all throughout the town.
8) The prince found Cinderella and he made her his bride.
9) They lived happily for ever after.