The following events occurred in the year 1990:

Events

• 1 September: Katie Bell, Cormac McLaggen, Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecombe begin attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and are sorted into Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, respectively.^{[citation needed]}
• Cornelius Fudge becomes Minister for Magic.^{[citation needed]}
• The 421st Quidditch World Cup is possibly held.^{[citation needed]}
• Charity Burbage becomes the new Muggle Studies Professor after Quirinus Quirrell quits.^{[citation needed]}
• Pollux Black, grandfather of Sirius Black III, dies.^{[citation needed]}
• Mrs. Lovegood, Luna Lovegood's mother, dies in a freak-accident.^{[citation needed]}

Behind the scenes

• 28 February: Georgina Leonidas, who plays Gryffindor student Katie Bell, is born.^{[citation needed]}
• 15 April: Actress Emma Watson, who portrays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, is born.^[1]
• 6 October: Actress Scarlett Byrne, who portrays Pansy Parkinson in the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is born.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• 1990 on Wikipedia

See also

• Dating conventions

Notes and references