Mar 18 Honorius III [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies Jul 23 Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) Jul 27 Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies Aug 1 Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) Genghis Khan Aug 18 Genghis Khan [Temüjin Borjigin], Mongolian warlord who founded the Mongol Empire, dies at around 65 Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Genghis Khan 1226 Deaths in History by Year 1228