in 1856 , ruiz zorrilla was elected deputy , and soon attracted interest among the most advanced progressists and democrats . he made part in the political proclamation that led to the military movement in lisbon on june 22 , 1866 . he had to take part in switzerland for two years , as his fellow - conspirators , and only returned to spain before the revolutionaries of 1868 took force .
Zorrilla started the revolution of 1868.