!!! info
    Weitere Informationen zu Starlettes `lifespan`-Handlern finden Sie in <a href="https://www.starlette.io/lifespan/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Starlettes Lifespan-Dokumentation</a>.

{!../../../docs_src/events/tutorial001.py!}
```

In this case, the `startup` event handler function will initialize the items "database" (just a `dict`) with some values.

You can add more than one event handler function.

And your application won't start receiving requests until all the `startup` event handlers have completed.

### `shutdown` event