1990

The following events occured in the year 1990:

Events

 * September 1: Katie Bell, Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecombe begin attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and are sorted into Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, respectively.
 * Cornelius Fudge becomes Minister for Magic.
 * The 421st Quidditch World Cup is possibly held.
 * Charity Burbage becomes the new Muggle Studies Professor after Quirinus Quirrell quits.

Start at Hogwarts
Ravenclaw
 * Cho Chang

Deaths

 * Pollux Black
 * Mrs. Lovegood

Muggle events

 * 1990 at Wikipedia
 * December 30: J. K. Rowling's mother dies.
 * February 28: Georgina Leonidas, who plays Gryffindor student Katie Bell, is born
 * April 15: Actress Emma Watson, who portrays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, is born.
 * October 6: Actress Scarlett Byrne, who portrays Pansy Parkinson in the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is born.