- Arthur Bergin enlists. Arthur is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in France on 5 April 1918.
- The first Serbian troops land in Corfu
- The Serbian Government is transferred to Brindisi in Italy
- King Peter of Serbia leaves Salonika
- The Russian army enters Kangavar in Western Persia
- The German raider SMS Moewe captures the British merchant steamer SS Appam off Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean. The vessel with its crew and passengers are taken to the neutral port of Hampden Roads in Virginia. The Appam remains there until March 1917; she is returned to British ownership when the United States enters the war.