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HTML

<a id="link" href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google.com</a>

<button id="jq">Click using JQuery</button>
<button id="js">Click using Javascript</button>

JavaScript

$("#jq").click(function(){
    $("#link").click();
});

$("#js").click(function(){
    //document.getElementById("link").click();
    // or you could use:
     $("#link")[0].click();
});