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Generally setting an event for an individual allows you to to enter a data set, including the date, description, associated place, etc, in a structured way.
In Gramps you define an event as belonging to a [[Gramps_Glossary#E|event type]]. This is useful as it allows the grouping of events under a common denominator, the event type. When creating an event, you must first select the event type. This can be any of the predefined events, or you can create a [[Custom_Event_Types|custom event ]] just by typing a name.
The pre-defined events provide most of what you need. For the sake of frivolity however, let us imagine that great uncle George was a lethario, and proud of it, and insisted that you recorded details of his numerous conquests in exchange for some vital genealogy documents that you need. You could then define an event type "affairs", and then in his individual record enter one such event for each affair, entering the date, place, details, etc for each. You then end up with a list of all his affairs listed chronologically.
