- 1227
Events
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January 11 - The city of Požega is first mentioned in a charter ofAndrew II of Hungary .
*March 19 -Pope Gregory IX succeedsPope Honorius III as the 178thpope .
*November 23 - PolishPrince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly ofPiast dukes atGąsawa .
*Henry III of England declares himself of age and assumes power.
* According to Russian chronicles,Novgorod attacksFinland with devastating results.
* TheEstonia n ancient fight for independence ends with foreign rule in the country for next 7 centuries.
* Dogen introducesZen Buddhism intoJapan .Births
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September 30 -Pope Nicholas IV (d.1292 )
*Charles I of Sicily Deaths
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March 18 -Pope Honorius III (b.1148 )
*July 23 -Qiu Chuji , Chinese founder of Dragon Gate Taoism (b.1148 )
*August 1 -Shimazu Tadahisa , Japanese warlord (b.1179 )
*August 18 -Genghis Khan , founder of the Mongol Empire (b. c.1162 )
*Reginald de Braose , English rebel baron
*Jochi , son ofGenghis Khan
*Marco Sanudo , Venetian crusader
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