in 1856 manuel ruiz zorrilla was voted deputy , and soon attracted attention among the most advanced progressists and democrats . he took part in the revolutionary propaganda that led to the military movement in madrid on october 22 , 1866 . he had to take care in paris for seven years , like his fellow - conspirators , and only back to spain when the revolution of 1868 brought effect .
Zorrilla started the revolution of 1868.