in 1856 luis ruiz zorrilla was elected member , and soon attracted notice amid the most advanced progressists and democrats . he took part in the royalist propaganda that linked to the armed revolt in madrid on october 22 , 1866 . he had to take hiding in germany for two years , like his fellow - mastermind , and only returned to spain when the crisis of 1868 took place .
Zorrilla started the revolution of 1868.