diff --git a/matrixgw_backend/src/controllers/matrix/matrix_event_controller.rs b/matrixgw_backend/src/controllers/matrix/matrix_event_controller.rs
index f6ab6e7..9064ccb 100644
--- a/matrixgw_backend/src/controllers/matrix/matrix_event_controller.rs
+++ b/matrixgw_backend/src/controllers/matrix/matrix_event_controller.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl APIEvent {
 pub struct APIEventsList {
     pub start: String,
     pub end: Option<String>,
-    pub messages: Vec<APIEvent>,
+    pub events: Vec<APIEvent>,
 }
 
 /// Get messages for a given room
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub(super) async fn get_events(
     Ok(APIEventsList {
         start: messages.start,
         end: messages.end,
-        messages: stream::iter(messages.chunk)
+        events: stream::iter(messages.chunk)
             .then(async |msg| APIEvent::from_evt(msg, room.room_id()).await)
             .collect::<Vec<_>>()
             .await
diff --git a/matrixgw_backend/src/controllers/matrix/matrix_room_controller.rs b/matrixgw_backend/src/controllers/matrix/matrix_room_controller.rs
index 1a64948..20461e9 100644
--- a/matrixgw_backend/src/controllers/matrix/matrix_room_controller.rs
+++ b/matrixgw_backend/src/controllers/matrix/matrix_room_controller.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl APIRoomInfo {
             is_space: r.is_space(),
             parents: parent_spaces,
             number_unread_messages: r.unread_notification_counts().notification_count,
-            latest_event: get_events(r, 1, None).await?.messages.into_iter().next(),
+            latest_event: get_events(r, 1, None).await?.events.into_iter().next(),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/matrixgw_frontend/src/api/matrix/MatrixApiEvent.ts b/matrixgw_frontend/src/api/matrix/MatrixApiEvent.ts
index ee0dfd6..01c2d9a 100644
--- a/matrixgw_frontend/src/api/matrix/MatrixApiEvent.ts
+++ b/matrixgw_frontend/src/api/matrix/MatrixApiEvent.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,70 @@
+import { APIClient } from "../ApiClient";
+import type { Room } from "./MatrixApiRoom";
+
+export interface MatrixRoomMessage {
+  type: "m.room.message";
+  content: {
+    body: string;
+    msgtype: "m.text" | "m.image" | string;
+    "m.relates_to"?: {
+      event_id: string;
+      rel_type: "m.replace" | string;
+    };
+    file?: {
+      url: string;
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+export interface MatrixReaction {
+  type: "m.reaction";
+  content: {
+    "m.relates_to": {
+      event_id: string;
+      key: string;
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+export interface MatrixRoomRedaction {
+  type: "m.room.redaction";
+  redacts: string;
+}
+
+export type MatrixEventData =
+  | MatrixRoomMessage
+  | MatrixReaction
+  | MatrixRoomRedaction
+  | { type: "other" };
+
 export interface MatrixEvent {
   id: string;
   time: number;
   sender: string;
+  data: MatrixEventData;
+}
+
+export interface MatrixEventsList {
+  start: string;
+  end?: string;
+  events: MatrixEvent[];
+}
+
+export class MatrixApiEvent {
+  /**
+   * Get Matrix room events
+   */
+  static async GetRoomEvents(
+    room: Room,
+    from?: string
+  ): Promise<MatrixEventsList> {
+    return (
+      await APIClient.exec({
+        method: "GET",
+        uri:
+          `/matrix/room/${encodeURIComponent(room.id)}/events` +
+          (from ? `?from=${from}` : ""),
+      })
+    ).data;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/matrixgw_frontend/src/utils/RoomEventsManager.ts b/matrixgw_frontend/src/utils/RoomEventsManager.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78dcedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matrixgw_frontend/src/utils/RoomEventsManager.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import type {
+  MatrixEvent,
+  MatrixEventsList,
+} from "../api/matrix/MatrixApiEvent";
+import type { Room } from "../api/matrix/MatrixApiRoom";
+
+export interface MessageReaction {
+  event_id: string;
+  account: string;
+  key: string;
+}
+
+export interface Message {
+  event_id: string;
+  sent: number;
+  modified: boolean;
+  reactions: MessageReaction[];
+  content: string;
+  image?: string;
+}
+
+export class RoomEventsManager {
+  readonly room: Room;
+  private events: MatrixEvent[];
+  messages: Message[];
+  endToken?: string;
+
+  constructor(room: Room, initialMessages: MatrixEventsList) {
+    this.room = room;
+    this.events = [];
+    this.messages = [];
+
+    this.processNewEvents(initialMessages);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Process events given by the API
+   */
+  processNewEvents(evts: MatrixEventsList) {
+    this.endToken = evts.end;
+    this.events = [...this.events, ...evts.events];
+    this.rebuildMessagesList();
+  }
+
+  private rebuildMessagesList() {
+    // Sorts events list to process oldest events first
+    this.events.sort((a, b) => a.time - b.time);
+
+    // First, process redactions to skip redacted events
+    let redacted = new Set(
+      this.events
+        .map((e) =>
+          e.data.type === "m.room.redaction" ? e.data.redacts : undefined
+        )
+        .filter((e) => e !== undefined)
+    );
+
+    for (const evt of this.events) {
+      if (redacted.has(evt.id)) continue;
+
+      const data = evt.data;
+
+      // Message
+      if (data.type === "m.room.message") {
+        // Check if this message replaces another one
+        if (data.content["m.relates_to"]) {
+          const message = this.messages.find(
+            (m) => m.event_id === data.content["m.relates_to"]?.event_id
+          );
+          if (!message) continue;
+          message.modified = true;
+          message.content = data.content.body;
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        this.messages.push({
+          event_id: evt.id,
+          modified: false,
+          reactions: [],
+          sent: evt.time,
+          image: data.content.file?.url,
+          content: data.content.body,
+        });
+      }
+
+      // Reaction
+      if (data.type === "m.reaction") {
+        const message = this.messages.find(
+          (m) => m.event_id === data.content["m.relates_to"].event_id
+        );
+
+        if (!message) continue;
+        message.reactions.push({
+          account: evt.sender,
+          event_id: evt.id,
+          key: data.content["m.relates_to"].key,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/matrixgw_frontend/src/widgets/messages/RoomWidget.tsx b/matrixgw_frontend/src/widgets/messages/RoomWidget.tsx
index be400ad..de26ea7 100644
--- a/matrixgw_frontend/src/widgets/messages/RoomWidget.tsx
+++ b/matrixgw_frontend/src/widgets/messages/RoomWidget.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { MatrixApiEvent } from "../../api/matrix/MatrixApiEvent";
 import type { UsersMap } from "../../api/matrix/MatrixApiProfile";
 import type { Room } from "../../api/matrix/MatrixApiRoom";
+import { RoomEventsManager } from "../../utils/RoomEventsManager";
+import { AsyncWidget } from "../AsyncWidget";
 
 export function RoomWidget(p: {
   room: Room;
   users: UsersMap;
 }): React.ReactElement {
-  return <>room</>;
+  const [roomMgr, setRoomMgr] = React.useState<undefined | RoomEventsManager>();
+
+  const load = async () => {
+    setRoomMgr(undefined);
+    const messages = await MatrixApiEvent.GetRoomEvents(p.room);
+    const mgr = new RoomEventsManager(p.room, messages);
+    setRoomMgr(mgr);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <AsyncWidget
+      loadKey={p.room.id}
+      ready={!!roomMgr}
+      load={load}
+      errMsg="Failed to load room!"
+      build={() => <>room</>}
+    />
+  );
 }