1887: Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret on 6 October, 38 rue de la Serre, La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland. His mother is Marie-Charlotte-Amélie Jeanneret-Perret, a musician and piano teacher. His father is Georges-Edouard Jeanneret, a watchmaker and clock-dial painter. He has one older brother, Albert (1885–1973), later a musician. …