Timeline of Ghengis Khan By joelhermansen Mar 1, 1196 Ghengis Khan attacks the tatat tribe. Feb 11, 1206 Temuchin is renamed Ghengis Khan Temuchin named leader of the Mongols and given a new name, Ghengis Khan Mar 8, 1211 Ghengis attacks China Genghis Khan invades the mighty Chin Empire Jan 1, 1227 Ghengis Khan's Death Genghis Khan dies