{% include anchor.html edit="true" title="Events" hash="events" %} 

PouchDB is an [event emitter][event emitter] and will emit a `'created'` event when a database is created. A `'destroyed'` event is emitted when a database is destroyed.

{% highlight js %}
PouchDB.on('created', function (dbName) {
  // called whenever a db is created.
});
PouchDB.on('destroyed', function (dbName) {
  // called whenever a db is destroyed.
});
{% endhighlight %}