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HTML

<div id="foo"></div>
<ul id="log"></ul>

JavaScript

var $b = $('<button type="button">click me</button>')
    .appendTo('#foo')
    .click(function () { $('#log').append($('<li>jquery clicked</li>')); })
$b[0].addEventListener('click', function () {
    $('#log').append($('<li>addEventListener clicked</li>'));
});

$('#foo').empty().append($b);