Definition:International Mile/Historical Note

Historical Note on Statute Mile
The length of the (statute) mile was defined in $1593$ under the reign of.

Previously there were a number of different and variously-defined miles used throughout not only the world, but also the.

In $1959$ the (statute) mile was redefined as the international mile and set at its length of exactly $1609 \cdotp 344 \, \mathrm m$.