This post I'm going to reserve to talk about the canonical time-line as shown in the ToB book.

There is no mention of actual times or years in the ToB, possibly so that the material can be quickly adapted to any game. So in keeping with that, I have no intention of adding actual time lines in here so much as relative time references to mark events.

What I feel would be immensely useful is the division of time frames. Right now we have a clear division in time periods:

before Reshar developed the temple
the era while Reshar was at the temple
post-Reshar era

For the purposes of brevity, I'll split events into two sections: before temple BT and after temple AT. (someone PLEASE help me come up with a better term. I feel dumber just typing that) pre-temple talks about the time when Reshar is still trying to establish himself as a master warrior.

somewhere in there we have to fit in these events
Reshar's early life
Reshar acquiring each of the 9 disciplines
Reshar creating the temple for the 9
The era of Reshar's glory
Reshar's retirement
Temple Destruction