HTML 5 <br> tag
The <br> tag is used for specifying a line break. The <br> tag has no end tag, so it is an empty tag. If you want to make your <br> tags XML compliant, add a space and forward slash to the <br> tags like this <br />.
Example
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
This is the first line of text,<br />And this the second one.
</body>
</html>
Output
This is the first line of text,
And this the second one.
HTML 5 <button> tag
The HTML <button> tag is used for creating a button control. You can put contents, like text or images inside a button element. HTML 5 has new attributes for button element such as autofocus,form, formaction, formenctype, formmethod, formnovalidate, and formtarget.
Example
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<button onclick="JavaScript:alert('Please register to read this book!')">
<img src="\\mcnserver2\UserProfiles\smalik\Desktop\book.gif" alt="Read book" />
<br />Read Book!</button>
</body>
</html>
Output

Here we insert a image inside the button and show a message box on button click as:
Summary
Here you learn how to use <br> tag to inserts a single line break and <button> tag for creating a button control in HTML 5.