December 28, 1914
United Kingdom General Election:
Lloyd Georges' wartime coalition is re-elected.
Sinn Féin wins 73 of the 105 seats in Ireland. Most of the rest were won by Unionists in the north eastern counties. Sinn Féin members take their seats in the Palace of Westminster but also form the First Dáil in Dublin.
Countess Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman elected to the British House of Commons, but refuses to take her seat. She is also in prison for her part in the Easter Rising of 1916, for which she was sentenced to death but this was commuted to life, and she was later released.
Georgian–Armenian War: Georgian forces recapture Shulaveri, Georgia from the Armenians.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada is established in Saskatoon.
Emperor Khải Định of Vietnam abolishes the traditional Chữ nôm script for writing the Vietnamese language in favor of the Latin script.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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