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Cases
17
Years
1011 to 2025
Region
North America
Main subjects
North America, Divorce and feuds, Probate and trust law, Native nations and islands
Families
House of Medici, House of Habsburg
Updated
30 October 2026
Lucy Maud Montgomery: LMM signed photo1942 · Toronto, OntarioL.M. Montgomery's death certificate said coronary thrombosis; her granddaughter wrote in 2008 that she took her own lifeL.M. Montgomery died in Toronto on 24 April 1942. Her death certificate listed coronary thrombosis as the primary cause.cbc.ca and 3 moreAI illustration: The 1670 Hudson's Bay Company charter on parchment with its wax seal2025 · Toronto (Ontario Superior Court of Justice)The Hudson's Bay Company sold Rupert's Land for £300,000 in 1869, went insolvent in 2025, and sold its 1670 charter for $18 millionOn 2 May 1670 Charles II chartered the "Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay." Prince Rupert was its first governor, and Rupert's Land is named after him. The bay was named for Henry Hudson.manitobamuseum.ca and 7 moreAI illustration: Thoroughbred racehorses on an Ontario training track2018 · Ontario, CanadaMagna founder Frank Stronach sued his daughter and grandchildren over the family's racing empireFrank Stronach founded the auto parts maker Magna International and later The Stronach Group, which owned racetracks including Santa Anita and Pimlico.globalnews.ca and 2 moreHenry Pellatt: Sir Henry Mill Pellatt1939 · Mimico, Toronto, in his former chauffeur's houseSir Henry Pellatt built Casa Loma with Home Bank loans, the bank failed, and Toronto took the castle for unpaid taxesHenry Pellatt was a Toronto stockbroker, knighted in 1905, who made money in electric power and Cobalt silver. Work on the main building of Casa Loma, his castle on a Toronto hill, began in late 1909.Dictionary of Canadian Biography and 3 moreJohn Franklin: Sir John Franklin title QS:P1476,en:"Sir John Franklin "label QS:Len,"Sir John Franklin "label QS:Lbn,"স্যার জন ফ্রাঙ্কল1847 · King William Island, Nunavut, CanadaThe Navy declared Franklin's crews dead in 1854 while his wife paid for the search, and the wrecks found 160 years later belong partly to the InuitSir John Franklin sailed in 1845 with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to find the Northwest Passage. The expedition went silent.Royal Museums Greenwich and 3 moreJumbo: Jumbo and his keeper Matthew Scott1885 · St. Thomas, OntarioJumbo the elephant was killed by a train in 1885; his skeleton, hide, heart and ashes went to four different ownersIn 1882 the London Zoo's superintendent, Abraham Bartlett, sold Jumbo to P.T. Barnum for 2,000 pounds (US$10,000). A lawsuit claimed the sale broke zoo bylaws, the zoo tried to back out, and the court upheld the sale.tufts.edu and 3 moreAI illustration: A house on Old Colony Road, Toronto, in winter, 20172017 · Toronto, CanadaBillionaire Barry Sherman and his wife were found strangled at their pool; police first called it murder-suicide, and the case is unsolvedBarry Sherman founded Apotex, the generic-drug company, and Forbes put his fortune at US$3.2 billion. On 15 December 2017, real estate agents found him and his wife, Honey, dead in the basement by their lap pool.thestar.com and 4 moreJohn McCain: John McCain official portrait 2009 (3x4 cropped)2004 · Florenceville, New BrunswickThe McCain brothers fought over which nephew would run their french fry empire, and one brother was removedBrothers Harrison and Wallace McCain founded McCain Foods in 1957 and ran it together. In the 1990s they fought over succession: Wallace wanted his son Michael to run the company, and Harrison opposed it.Internet Archive and 2 moreCharles Vance Millar: Charles Vance Millar1926 · Toronto, CanadaCharles Vance Millar left his estate to the Toronto mother with the most babies in 10 years, and 4 mothers with 9 children each split itCharles Vance Millar, a Toronto lawyer and financier with no dependants, died of a stroke in his law office on 31 October 1926.Wikisource (primary text) and 5 moreKerrobert Court House: Currently holds the town office, a museum and various offices.1948 · Saskatchewan, CanadaCecil Harris lay pinned under his tractor for 10 hours and scratched his will into the fenderIn 1948 Cecil George Harris, a Saskatchewan wheat farmer, was trapped under his tractor for about 10 hours. With a pocketknife he scratched into the paint of the fender: "In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife.news.usask.ca and 2 moreU'mista Cultural Centre (9413864866): In the late 1800s this figure currently at the U'mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, would have welcomed guests to p1921 · 'Mimkwamlis, Village Island, British Columbia, CanadaPolice raided Dan Cranmer's 1921 potlatch, and the masks surrendered to keep people out of prison went to museums, a collector and an official's own collectionThe potlatch is the ceremony at which names are given, marriages made, the dead mourned, and a chief passes his rights and privileges to his eldest son. The Indian Act banned it from 1885 to 1951.umista.ca and 2 moreFlorentine Diamond aigrette: Florentine Diamond as cap decoration. This foto was made between 1870 and 1900.1737 · Florence, Italy; Vienna, Austria; Quebec, CanadaThe last Medici left the Florentine Diamond to Tuscany, the Habsburgs took it to Vienna, and it surfaced in a Quebec bank vault in 2025The Florentine Diamond is a yellow stone of about 137 carats. The traveller Tavernier saw it among the Medici jewels in 1657.theglobeandmail.com and 4 moreDemasduit: Description: Demasduit (1819)DESCRIPTION: Portrait of Demasduit (Mary March) 1819 watercolour on ivory USE/REPRODUCTION: Copyright: Expired Credit: Library and Archives 1820 · Red Indian Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaSettlers seized Demasduit to recover stolen property and killed her husband; their remains sat in Edinburgh until 2020In 1818 Beothuk took property belonging to John Peyton Jr. at the mouth of the Exploits River. Governor Sir Charles Hamilton authorized an expedition to recover it and to make friendly contact.Dictionary of Canadian Biography and 2 moreA View of the Jesuits College and Church - Vue de l Eglise et du College des Jesuites , 1761: A View of the Jesuits College and Church1800 · Quebec City, Quebec, CanadaWhen the last Jesuit in Canada died in 1800 the Crown took the order's estates, and 88 years later the Pope divided the compensationUnder French rule the Jesuits received large estates and seigneuries to pay for schools and missions. After the conquest Britain held the estates, and the Pope suppressed the order in 1773.Dictionary of Canadian Biography and 2 moreSamuel de Champlain: Samchamprifle1635 · QuebecChamplain named the Virgin Mary as his heir in 1635; his cousin sued in Paris and the will was annulled in 1639Samuel de Champlain was paralysed when his will was drafted at Quebec on 17 November 1635 by the clerk De La Ville.Dictionary of Canadian Biography and 4 moreSt Fillan’s Crozier. NMS: St Fillan’s Crozier with the Coigreach in view, 8th century, National Museum of Scotland1428 · Glendochart, Perthshire, Scotland; Plympton, Ontario, CanadaA Highland family kept St Fillan's crozier for 500 years, took it to Canada, and sold it back to Scotland for $500The Quigrich is the silver-gilt shrine of the crozier of St Fillan, an early Scottish saint. The Dewar family of Glendochart were its hereditary keepers. A keeper, Finlay Jore, is recorded in 1428.journals.socantscot.org and 3 moreNorwegian Bokmål: Leiv Eirikson oppdager Amerika Leiv Eirikson discovering Americatitle QS:P1476,nb:"Leiv Eirikson oppda: Norwegian Bokmål: Leiv Eirikson oppdager Amerika Leiv EiriLegend · 1011 · Vinland (Newfoundland, Canada, is the only confirmed Norse sThe saga says Freydís Eiríksdóttir had her partners killed in Vinland, axed their five women herself and sailed home in their larger shipThe Saga of the Greenlanders says Freydís, daughter of Erik the Red and sister of Leif, made a partnership with two Icelandic brothers, Helgi and Finnbogi.canadianmysteries.ca and 2 more