December 1914
| Date | Events |
|---|---|
| 1 | First Australian and New Zealand units arrive at Suez in Egypt |
| 4 | Fighting begins at Qurna in Mesopotamia |
| 4 | Portuguese Expeditionary Force leaves home for service in Angola |
| 8 | Naval battle of the Falklands: Royal Navy destroys Admiral von Spee's squadron |
| 10 | Field Marshal von der Goltz leaves Germany to take command of Turkish Army |
| 13 | British submarine B-11 sinks Turkish battleship "Messoudieh" in the Dardanelles |
| 14 | First of several minor British attacks on Wytschaete-Messines-Ploegstreet front: all fail with heavy losses |
| 15 | German airship sighted off East coast of England |
| 16 | German battle cruisers bombard Scarborough and Hartlepool |
| 18 | Britain proclaims Egypt as a Protectorate |
| 19 | Britain proclaims Prince Hussein Kemal Pasha as Sultan of Egypt |
| 20 | German attack on Givenchy is beaten off by Indian Corps |
| 21 | First German air raid on England. Aeroplane dromps bombs in sea off Dover |
| 21 | British force occupies Jasin in East Africa |
| 24 | Second German air raid results in dropping of first aerial bomb on English soil, near Dover |
| 24 | Unofficial and localised truces begin at locations along Western Front |
| 25 | British seaplane air raid on Cuxhaven |
| 28 | End of organised rebellion in South Africa |
| 30 | Russian Grand Duke Nicholas suggests British military operations against Turks to ease situation in Caucasus |
| 30 | Indian Expeditionary Force "C" in East Africa absorbed into Indian Expeditionary Force "B" |