Caricature of Prince Louis of Battenberg, Vanity Fair, 16 February 1905. Image in public domain.
- Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord, Great Britain, resigns
- The War Precautions Act is passed in Australia. The Federal Government now has the power to impose censorship, restrict aliens, fix prices and take other measures deemed necessary.
- Turkey commences hostilities against Russia; Turkish warships bombard Odessa, Sevastopol, and Theodosia.
- The Battle of Gheluvelt (Ypres) begins
- Trench warfare starts to dominate the Western Front. An intricate network of trenches would come to stretch 450 miles from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border.
