deaths
October 20, 1401
Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate
Klaus Störtebeker
Klaus Störtebeker was a German pirate. Reputed to be the leader of a group of privateers known as the Victual Brothers, his group was hired to assist in a war between Sweden and Denmark between continued to capture merchant vessels mainly in the Baltic Sea and North Sea. Sharing their spoils equally, they named themselves "Likedeelers".