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European Contact. The first European to enter Tennessee was Hernando de Soto in 1540. His expedition of 700 Spaniards and a number of slaves crossed into Tennessee in mid-May. In Tennessee, they encountered a Mississippian town called Chiaha, near present day Dandridge, Tennessee.
First Architect in the United States. According to PBS, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, born in England in 1764, was America's first architect. One of the first projects Latrobe worked on was a collaborative effort with Thomas Jefferson in designing Virginia's state capitol. Latrobe also designed the south wing of the federal Capitol.