Towns January 11 – The city of Požga in Croatia is first mentioned, in a charter of King Andrew II of Hungary. Northleach in the Cotswolds, U.K. is granted a charter by King Henry III. Religion Dōgen Zenji receives Dharma transmission and inka from his master Rujing in China, settling his "life's quest of the great matter", going on to introduce Sōtō Zen Buddhism into his native Japan. March 18 – Pope Honorius III dies at Rome after a pontificate of nearly 11 year. He is succeeded by Gregory IX as the 178th pope of the Catholic Church. September 29 – Gregory IX excommunicates Frederick II, due to his broken promises and delay of the Sixth Crusade. Births January 1 – Mujū Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (d. 1312) June 29 – Hōjō Tokiyori, Japanese regent (shikken) (d. 1263) September 30 – Nicholas IV, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1292) Aju (or Achu), Mongol military leader and chancellor (d. 1287) Chomden Rigpe Raldri, Tibetan scholar and writer (d. 1305) Elisabeth of Bavaria, queen consort of Germany (d. 1273) Fang Hui (or Xugu), Chinese scholar and politician (d. 1307) Gertrude of Aldenberg, German noblewoman (d. 1297) Hōjō Nagatoki, Japanese samurai and regent (d. 1264) Hu Zhiyu, Chinese Sanqu poet and writer (d. 1293) William II of Holland, anti-king of Germany (d. 1256) Deaths January 28 – Henry Borwin I, German nobleman and knight March 18 – Honorius III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1150) April 28 – Henry V (the Elder), German nobleman (b. 1173) July 23 – Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist religious leader (b. 1148) July 28 – Otto II of Lippe (or Utrecht), Dutch prince-bishop August 1 – Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) August 18 – Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire September 11 Louis IV (the Saint), landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1200) Oliver of Paderborn, German bishop and chronicler September 13 – Guillaume II, French nobleman and knight September 29 – Conrad of Urach, German cardinal-bishop October 4 – Abdallah al-Adil, Almohad governor and caliph October 10 – Daniel and companions, Franciscan martyrs November 12 – Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Ayyubid ruler (b. 1176) November 24 – Leszek I (the White), High Duke of Poland Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami, Moroccan Sufi writer Guala Bicchieri, Italian cardinal and papal legate (b. 1150) Jochi, Mongol general and son of Genghis Khan (b. 1182) Luke Netterville, Norman archdeacon and