diff --git a/.changeset/tricky-bees-peel.md b/.changeset/tricky-bees-peel.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5130f0d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tricky-bees-peel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"loro-crdt": patch
+---
+
+Better event ordering
diff --git a/crates/loro-internal/src/state.rs b/crates/loro-internal/src/state.rs
index 9ef61f1c..9c1b8e2f 100644
--- a/crates/loro-internal/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/loro-internal/src/state.rs
@@ -1302,7 +1302,16 @@ impl DocState {
 
         // Sort by path length, so caller can apply the diff from the root to the leaf.
         // Otherwise, the caller may use a wrong path to apply the diff.
-        diff.sort_by_key(|x| x.path.len());
+
+        diff.sort_by_key(|x| {
+            (
+                x.path.len(),
+                match &x.id {
+                    ContainerID::Root { .. } => 0,
+                    ContainerID::Normal { counter, .. } => *counter + 1,
+                },
+            )
+        });
         DocDiff {
             from,
             to,
diff --git a/crates/loro/tests/loro_rust_test.rs b/crates/loro/tests/loro_rust_test.rs
index 193132d5..ebbd33d2 100644
--- a/crates/loro/tests/loro_rust_test.rs
+++ b/crates/loro/tests/loro_rust_test.rs
@@ -2350,6 +2350,23 @@ fn test_detach_and_attach() {
     assert!(!doc.is_detached());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_event_order() {
+    let doc = LoroDoc::new();
+    let _sub = doc.subscribe_root(Arc::new(|e| {
+        let e0 = &e.events[0].diff;
+        assert!(e0.is_map());
+        let e1 = &e.events[1].diff;
+        assert!(e1.is_list());
+        let e2 = &e.events[2].diff;
+        assert!(e2.is_tree());
+    }));
+    doc.get_map("map").insert("key", "value").unwrap();
+    doc.get_list("list").insert(0, "item").unwrap();
+    doc.get_tree("tree").create(None).unwrap();
+    doc.commit();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_rust_get_value_by_path() {
     let doc = LoroDoc::new();