The Romanian town of Tutrakan on the Danube, 1916. Image courtesy Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- British Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s newly formed War Cabinet meets for the first time
- Bulgarian troops on the Southern Front cross the Danube River near Silistra and Tutrakan, capturing towns along the left bank
- German forces on the Eastern Front claim to have captured 70,000 Romanian prisoners and 184 guns since 1 December
- German submarines create a virtual blockade of the Canary Islands
