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We actually have no idea what day he was born, and we only approximately know the year. He was born with the name Temujin, to a nomadic tribe on the central Asian steppe.
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Kahn had many wifes over his lifespan, but this was his first. Kahn married a woman named Borte, with whom he had four sons and an unknown number of daughters.
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"By 1205 he had vanquished all rivals, including his former best friend Jamuka." - History.com. I can safley assume they were talking abouit how he vanquished all mongolian rivals because the source later says "Genghis Khan’s first campaign outside of Mongolia took place against the Xi Xia kingdom of northwestern China. "
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The Mongols launched a major Attack in 1209 that got them to the Xi Xia capital of Yinchuan.
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Mongols pillaged the countryside to weaken tke Jins before they took them out.
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The Khwarezm Empire had agreed to pay tribute to the mongols but somthing went wrong so the mongols killed the empire.
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Genghis Kahn died at age 72.
