Horse calendar

Soon after Horse Liberation, in which horses were freed from the rule of humans, many equine scholars designed a new calendar to deviate from the traditional human calendar. The final product is known as the Horse calendar.

History and conversion
According to human dating conventions, Horse Liberation occurred on August 23, 1974. The Horse calendar was first designed in October 1974 by Snowbell. Snowbell, the official court scholar of King Josh of the Equine Empire.

Modeling after the Gregorian calendar's BC and AD, Snowbell designated every year before Horse Liberation BL (Before Liberation) and every year following Liberation AL (After Liberation). Since Liberation occurred near the end of August, the Horse Year was designated to begin on September 1. This means that the 8 days directly after Horse Liberation still took place within 1 BL.

Snowbell proposed the Horse calendar to King Josh on November 3, 1974. The King himself liked the proposal, but many horses were angry that the calendar still used human months, citing a "weakness in these man-made names."

King Josh permitted the kingdom-wide usage of the Horse calendar on November 3, 1974 (1 AL). However, the choice continued to be controversial. Angry commoners burned Snowbell's stable to the ground while he was asleep inside, causing his death on November 19.