diff --git a/public/openapi/write.yaml b/public/openapi/write.yaml
index c1ea408afa..9510876c44 100644
--- a/public/openapi/write.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/write.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ paths:
     $ref: 'write/topics/tid/tags.yaml'
   /topics/{tid}/thumbs:
     $ref: 'write/topics/tid/thumbs.yaml'
+  /topics/{tid}/events:
+    $ref: 'write/topics/tid/events.yaml'
   /posts/{pid}:
     $ref: 'write/posts/pid.yaml'
   /posts/{pid}/state:
diff --git a/public/openapi/write/topics/tid/events.yaml b/public/openapi/write/topics/tid/events.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bf03cd604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/openapi/write/topics/tid/events.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+get:
+  tags:
+    - topics
+  summary: get topic events
+  description: This operation retrieves a topic's events
+  parameters:
+    - in: path
+      name: tid
+      schema:
+        type: string
+      required: true
+      description: a valid topic id
+      example: 1
+  responses:
+    '200':
+      description: Topic events successfully retrieved
+      content:
+        application/json:
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              status:
+                $ref: ../../../components/schemas/Status.yaml#/Status
+              response:
+                type: array
+                description: A list of the topic events that still remain
+                items:
+                  type: object
+                  properties:
+                    type:
+                      type: string
+                      description: A valid event type
+                    id:
+                      type: number
+                      description: Unique identifier for this topic event
+                    timestamp:
+                      type: number
+                    timestampISO:
+                      type: string
+                      description: An ISO 8601 formatted date string (complementing `timestamp`)
+                    icon:
+                      type: string
+                      description: FontAwesome icon name
+                      example: fa-bullhorn
+                    text:
+                      type: string
+                      description: A language key
+                    uid:
+                      type: number
+                    user:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        uid:
+                          type: number
+                          description: A user identifier
+                        username:
+                          type: string
+                          description: A friendly name for a given user account
+                        displayname:
+                          type: string
+                          description: This is either username or fullname depending on forum and user settings
+                        userslug:
+                          type: string
+                          description: An URL-safe variant of the username (i.e. lower-cased, spaces
+                            removed, etc.)
+                        picture:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        icon:text:
+                          type: string
+                          description: A single-letter representation of a username. This is used in the
+                            auto-generated icon given to users
+                            without an avatar
+                        icon:bgColor:
+                          type: string
+                          description: A six-character hexadecimal colour code assigned to the user. This
+                            value is used in conjunction with
+                            `icon:text` for the user's
+                            auto-generated icon
+                          example: "#f44336"
+                  required:
+                    - type
+                    - id
+                    - timestamp
+                    - timestampISO
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/controllers/write/topics.js b/src/controllers/write/topics.js
index 5696f51a07..303fa60c4f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/write/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/write/topics.js
@@ -181,3 +181,11 @@ async function checkThumbPrivileges({ tid, uid, res }) {
 		return helpers.formatApiResponse(403, res, new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]'));
 	}
 }
+
+Topics.getEvents = async (req, res) => {
+	if (!await privileges.topics.can('topics:read', req.params.tid, req.uid)) {
+		return helpers.formatApiResponse(403, res);
+	}
+
+	helpers.formatApiResponse(200, res, await topics.events.get(req.params.tid));
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/write/topics.js b/src/routes/write/topics.js
index 465ecdea45..7276fd9a3d 100644
--- a/src/routes/write/topics.js
+++ b/src/routes/write/topics.js
@@ -40,5 +40,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'put', '/:tid/thumbs', [], controllers.write.topics.migrateThumbs);
 	setupApiRoute(router, 'delete', '/:tid/thumbs', [...middlewares, middleware.checkRequired.bind(null, ['path'])], controllers.write.topics.deleteThumb);
 
+	setupApiRoute(router, 'get', '/:tid/events', [middleware.authenticateOrGuest, middleware.assert.topic], controllers.write.topics.getEvents);
+
 	return router;
 };