diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd8db29..9169049 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ example.py
 coverage.xml
 .coverage
 .DS_Store
-.tox
\ No newline at end of file
+.tox
+.vscode
diff --git a/gcsa/event.py b/gcsa/event.py
index b6c547b..36f0d05 100644
--- a/gcsa/event.py
+++ b/gcsa/event.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from functools import total_ordering
-from typing import List, Union
+import logging
+from typing import List, Optional, Union
 
 from beautiful_date import BeautifulDate
 from tzlocal import get_localzone_name
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@
 from .reminders import PopupReminder, EmailReminder, Reminder
 from .util.date_time_util import ensure_localisation
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class Visibility:
     """Possible values of the event visibility.
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ class Transparency:
 class Event(Resource):
     def __init__(
             self,
-            summary: str,
+            summary: Optional[str],
             start: Union[date, datetime, BeautifulDate],
             end: Union[date, datetime, BeautifulDate] = None,
             *,
@@ -159,6 +162,13 @@ def ensure_list(obj):
         if isinstance(self.start, datetime) and isinstance(self.end, datetime):
             self.start = ensure_localisation(self.start, timezone)
             self.end = ensure_localisation(self.end, timezone)
+
+            if self.start.microsecond != 0 or self.end.microsecond != 0:
+                log.warning(
+                    "Microseconds are used in start/end, " +
+                    "but are not supported in the Google Calendar API " +
+                    "and will be dropped on submission."
+                )
         elif isinstance(self.start, datetime) or isinstance(self.end, datetime):
             raise TypeError('Start and end must either both be date or both be datetime.')
 
@@ -186,6 +196,12 @@ def ensure_date(d):
 
         self.event_id = event_id
         self.summary = summary
+        if self.summary == "":
+            log.warning(
+                f"Summary is empty in {self}. Note that if the event is loaded "
+                + "from Google Calendar, its summary will be `None`"
+            )
+
         self.description = description
         self.location = location
         self.recurrence = ensure_list(recurrence)
diff --git a/tests/test_event.py b/tests/test_event.py
index 786e464..3444b54 100644
--- a/tests/test_event.py
+++ b/tests/test_event.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import time
+import datetime
 from unittest import TestCase
 from beautiful_date import Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Dec, hours, days, Nov
 
@@ -67,6 +68,41 @@ def test_init_no_end(self):
         event = Event('Lunch', start, timezone=TEST_TIMEZONE)
         self.assertEqual(event.end, start + 1 * hours)
 
+    def test_init_with_microseconds(self):
+        with self.assertLogs("gcsa.event", level="WARNING") as cm:
+            Event(
+                "Test",
+                start=datetime.datetime(
+                    year=1979, month=1, day=1, hour=1, minute=1, second=1, microsecond=1
+                ),
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(
+                cm.output,
+                [
+                    "WARNING:gcsa.event:Microseconds are used in start/end, " +
+                    "but are not supported in the Google Calendar API " +
+                    "and will be dropped on submission."
+                ],
+            )
+
+    def test_init_without_title(self):
+        with self.assertLogs("gcsa.event", level="WARNING") as cm:
+            Event(
+                "",
+                start=datetime.datetime(
+                    year=1979, month=1, day=1, hour=1, minute=1, second=1, microsecond=0
+                ),
+                timezone=TEST_TIMEZONE,
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(
+                cm.output,
+                [
+                    "WARNING:gcsa.event:Summary is empty in 1979-01-01 01:01:01+12:00 - . " +
+                    "Note that if the event is loaded from Google Calendar, " +
+                    "its summary will be `None`"
+                ],
+            )
+
     def test_init_no_start_or_end(self):
         event = Event('Good day', start=None, timezone=TEST_TIMEZONE)
         self.assertIsNone(event.start)