If you are experiencing a sharp pain on the left side above the  hip, this could indicate a kidney infection. It would be wise to  seek medical advice if the pain persists l â¦ onger than a couple of  days, or if it gets worse.
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.
The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto is the first European explorer known to the region (1540). France ceded control of Louisiana at the conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763--an area that extended west to the Mississippi and included present-day Tennessee.