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HTML

<a href="#" onclick="alert('Link was clicked');return false" id="myHrefLink">My HREF Link</a>
<br /><br />
<div id="clicker" onclick="clickLinkDynamically();">Click here to dynamically click on the link</div>

CSS

#clicker {
    padding: 10px;
    border: 2px solid grey;
    background-color: lightgrey;
    cursor:pointer;
}

JavaScript

function clickLinkDynamically() {
$('#myHrefLink').click();
}