Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1337) Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1337) The Battle of Cape St Vincent of 1337 took place on 21 July 1337 between a Castilian fleet commanded by Alfonso Jofre Tenorio and a Portuguese fleet led by the Luso-Genoese admiral Emanuele Pessagno (Manuel Pessanha). The fledgling Portuguese fleet was defeated, bringing a quick end to the brief Luso-Castilian war that begun in 1336. In 1328, the Alfonso XI of Castile married his cousin, Maria of Portugal, a daughter of his maternal uncle King Afonso IV of Portugal. But the marriage soon turned to scandal, when, shortly after, Alfonso XI dispatched Mary to
St. Vincent Street St. Vincent Street St. Vincent Street, is a major thoroughfare in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. The street runs westwards from George Square until it meets Argyle Street in the city's West End. St. Vincent Street was named to commemorate the victory of Sir John Jervis, on 15 February 1797, off Cape Saint Vincent. The Street crosses Glasgow's main shopping street, Buchanan Street just west of George Square. Further west it also crosses the M8. Some of the notable buildings on the street are the St Vincent Street Church (designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson), the North British And Mercantile