January 6, 1227 Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre March 18, 1227 Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies March 19, 1227 Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX July 27, 1227 Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies August 18, 1227 Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies August 25, 1227 Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies September 29, 1227 Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II