JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table id="the-table" />

JavaScript

window.addEventListener('load', function () {
    // Add loads of rows
    var rows = '';
    
    for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
        rows += '<tr><td>' + i + '</td><td><a href="#">Click Here</a></td></tr>';
    }
    
    document.querySelector("table").innerHTML = rows;
    // End setup
    
    // Attach event to each element
    var elements = document.querySelectorAll('#the-table a');
    
    for (var i=0;i<elements.length;i++) {
        elements[i].addEventListener('click', function (e) {
            alert('You clicked row #' + this.parentNode.previousSibling.innerText);
        }, false);
    };
    
    alert('Event handler bound to ' + elements.length + ' elements');
});