The muddy Verdun battlefield 1916. Image in public domain.
- William Bryant Rowatt enlists. William is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would die of wounds in Belgium on 30 October 1917.
- The Verdun battlefield turns to mud as freezing conditions abate
- The first elements of a long range British air bombing squadron is formed to attack German industrial centres
- Essad Pasha establishes a provisional Albanian government at Naples
